Fiction Family

Excellent concert by Fiction Family this past Saturday. For those unfamiliar, Fiction Family is the side project of Switchfoot's Jon Foreman and Nickel Creeks, Sean Watkins. Their newly released album is really good and shows they are not afraid to experiment musically. Each song has its own uniqueness to it as it really differentiates itself through many different styles.

The show itself was thoroughly entertaining. They did a really good job of interacting with the crowd. And it was great to be in a smaller venue so you really felt you part of the concert. I could really tell that both Jon and Sean really enjoy just playing music, having fun on stage, and giving the crowd a good show. Sean is amazing on the guitar, picking away all over the place. And Jon really did a great job of really connecting with the audience through such an intimate setting with probably only 300+ people fitting in the ballroom. The bands drummer as well was amazing. I just loved how he was getting into the music and you could see his whole body just gyrate with the beats as he played. The show was simply well worth it and I really enjoyed the stories they told throughout the night, especially the one about how they were just passing the guitar around one night singing songs like from Radiohead, Dylan, and even Seal's Kissed by a rose. That sounds like it would be a great time just being able to sing together, enjoy each others company, and enjoy so much of the music one has grown up listening too.