Kingsfoil thrills while Passion Pit lacks passion

Passion Pit's concert was touted as the highlight of Spring Fair this year, and for good reason.
Despite their relative obscurity - their previous album, Manners, peaked at 54 on the charts, and none of their singles have risen above 105 on the Billboard Top 100 - tickets sold out quickly, and the crowd was incredibly excited for the music to begin.
When the opening act, Kingsfoil, took the stage, people started to freak out before the music even started.
Their first drummer, Joe Cipollini, recently left the band, and his replacement is none other than Malcolm in the Middle's Frankie Muniz.
His performance at Hopkins, which was only his fourth performance with Kingsfoil, was greeted by a mob chanting "Frankie, Frankie, Frankie!"
Perhaps in response, Frankie went all out, displaying more energy than would normally be expected from the former child star.
He threw and broke a uncountable number of drumsticks during their set. Several people the front of the crowd even managed to catch a few of them.
Of course, while seeing Frankie Muniz do something after his tv show was pretty cool, a drummer does not make a band.
Kingsfoil's laid back indie rock sound is held together by the original duo that the band formed around, Jordan Davis and Tristan Martin.
Jordan is also the leading vocalist, so if you remember the concert at all (a rarity amongst concert goers given that it was both four-twenty and a Friday) he should stand out.
Tristan might have been a little harder for you to identify, but don't let his less prominent position on the stage fool you into thinking he is any less important to the band. Tristan is the only member of Kingsfoil with long hair, and he was alternatively rocking the guitar and the electric piano.
After they finished their set, Kingsfoil stuck around to watch Passion Pit and generally were really cool guys, which set them apart from the other band of the night.
Generally, Passion Pit is pretty amazing, what with their bouncy electro pop, their almost indecipherable lyrics, their stage presence and everything else. Many people were excited for seeing and it was great seeing them at Hopkins.
Unfortunately, unlike Kingsfoil, who seemed happy just to get to play here, Passion Pit treated their performance like a job, and not like art.
There was no love in their performance, and, while the lead singer, Mikel Angelakos, had some energy, he gave off the impression that he really needed a good nap.
Maybe this was due their tour schedule; their Hopkins appearance was their fourth show in many days, and they had to travel from Harrisburg the day of the concert.
Or maybe it was due to the work they've been putting into their delayed third album, Gossamer, which comes out on July 24.
Of course, the drive from Harrisburg is only an hour and a half, and they've been working on the album since 2010, so who knows.
In the end, while they gave a great show, it could have been so much better if they had been as upbeat as their music.
Despite all of that, two of Passion Pit's songs were definitely the high points of the concert.
When "Sleepy Head" and "Little Secrets" came on, the roar of happiness from the crowd was almost deafening.
Everyone seemed to know the words to those two singles, and with the number of people singing along, you almost couldn't hear Angelakos' heavily synthed up voice booming from the speakers. Whenever the bass drum kicked during "Sleepy Head," you could feel the vibrations in the floor from the people jumping.
It really was a great time.