Folly is an innovative band with a sick gift of mixing hardcore, punk, metal, and ska with some lighter parts thrown into their music without sounding weird or awkward. Their opening song for "Discussion Is For The Pigs" blared loudly and the pit opened up and kids started hardcore dancing. It was the first time I was at a show at Maxwell's where kids were moshing this hard. I've seen a good Screaming Females show get wild, but nothing like the intensity of this show. I grew up on Folly in college because they were a staple at WSOU, the radio station I worked for in South Orange, NJ. I couldn't help but two-step, jump up and down, and sing along to the few songs I remembered. Though it had been three years since Folly called it a day, they came back in full force and sounded like they hadn't even had that much time away from playing music. They were clearly well practice and still so into what they were playing. I think they may have been better than the last few times I remember seeing them at Montclair State University and Bloomfield Ave Cafe. Singer Jon said that their bassist Arben is moving to Colorado, so they figured if they're going to do some shows they might as well do them now while everyone's still around. It was a good time. I got hit in the mouth and my glasses almost got destroyed but all was fine in the end. It was good to get out to a fun hardcore show and dance around and try to pile on top of people. Now they are set to play two dates at the School of Rock this weekend and two dates at the Stanhope House the following weekend. It's going to be sick.
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