After talking to Ed Droste backstage and learning about his cold trouble, I was worried the set might reflect that. Obviously I was wrong, because not only did the band play a tremendous set, Droste was talking with the crowd throughout it. He commented on everything from why people bring pool noodles to festivals to the festival food (“you’ve got the boug-iest food stands I’ve seen at a festival ever!”), and thanked their new keyboardist for “adding a lot of texture” (which is funny when you realize that word has been used ad-nauseam in articles written about them). Maybe it was just the second wind from the fact that they were finally finishing the Shields tour, but it was fun to see a band that people take so seriously goof around.