Final Fantasy opened up and felt Owen was off the mark all night. He didn’t pick up his violin opting to play the piano the whole night which. I didn’t find out until later that he had hurt his finger the night before. The songs were filled with mistakes and sloppy output that prompted Owen to apologize for the set sounding like an Andrew Bird show. Nice one.
The Mountain Goats decided to end their tour with an intimate show in Brooklyn. Tonight they played a larger arrangement of songs from all their albums including his second 7″. They were very energetic on stage and John was as usual chatty on stage. They came out for 3 encores and concluded with “The Sign” without a microphone. One of the best John Darnielle performances I’ve seen.