I like an opening act that can work a crowd just as much as the next guy who arrived too early, and this Jersey crew has the talent to accomplish that feat.
The irony-free pomp and ponderous nature of most symphonic/prog/power metal usually gives me a limp noodle right quick, but I’ve gotta hand it to Angra.
Members of Get Up Kids, fun, New Amsterdams, Kevin Devine, and Ghosty, but it’s more synth indie pop than indie rock, with Suzannah Johannes’ sweet voice.