Thanks to a well timed notification from Songkick, I received word that New Politics were playing the Spring Concert for Florida Southern College, located right up the road in Lakeland. Now New Politics built up a big reputation quickly in the eyes of The Only Music Blog, due to a great show at Irving Plaza last November. They even followed that up by winning Next Big Thing in December.
So 2 great shows were enough to get me to pretend I was a FSC student and drive over to Lakeland. The three piece group from Denmark took the stage directly after fellow punk rockers - We the Kings. The crowd was decent and a few hundred students seemed to know the music.
The show consisted of everything you would expect from New Politics. They played majority of their second album, entitled A Bad Girl in Harlem, which is nothing to complain about. They also mixed in the same covers of 'Sabotage,' and 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' like they have at other performances. Lead singer David Boyd was his usual gymnast self, showing off his acrobatic abilities on stage.
Overall though, things weren't as exciting as the past two shows since the crowd was not as into it. It's too bad that this could not have been promoted more to the Tampa or Orlando markets, as it could have brought the energy up a bit.
Boyd still departed into the crowd for a few tunes and classically stood on the crowd for fan favorite 'Fall Into These Arms' before actually falling backwards into the accepting arms of yours truly. Yes, I helped get him back up on the arms of the crowd to carry him back to stage.
Between going into the crowd, and playing 'Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,' 'Kings and Queens,' 'Tonight, You're Perfect,' and 'Harlem,' they definitely satisfied everyone seeing them for the first time. I guess I'm just more demanding and was looking for more. Still a good show though and I'm glad I traveled up there. Looking forward to new material from these guys!
Concert Rating: 3 Stars
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