FINICK Setlist

No Name
The More You Wait
Busy and Bored
Captain Tory
Bigger Than Us
If It Makes You Happy (Sheryl Crow cover)
This Is All I Have
How to Lose You
Mud
Yes I Do
~~Social~~ Ear Worm (Unreleased)
Mother Mother (Tracy Bonham cover)
Selfish
Third Time’s the Charm

Waking Hours Setlist

through my eyes
i-35
Falling
Stained with Mud
what would it take?
miss the dog
slow dancing

On a weirdly rainy January night in the Twin Cities, it was a sold out show of local indie rock & folk Twin Cities music. Presented by radio station KFAI, the three-bill band at 7th St. Entry was being headlined by FINICK.

First up was Waking Hours, an indie rock group out of southern Minnesota. They have a pair of EPs, including the very recent blank stare, whose lead single was featured on local radio station The Current. The quintet (vocals/guitar, guitar, guitar, bass, and drum) started out on a lighter & quieter tone before letting the fuzz and noise come out for the long finish. That blasting guitar work was powerful and almost overwhelmed singer Liv Hedley’s vocals for a moment on I-35, but Hedley ramped up in kind. Noting it was their 7th St. debut, in many ways the band acted like it was old hat, showing a solid poise on stage. Down one guitar for falling, that quieter, more ethereal rock sound kicked back in. This wasn’t quite shoe gaze, but it certainly edged that way, and I mean that as a compliment. Some vocal distortion was a prelude to another longer instrumental finish, which was a kind of calling card for the band. We got drummer Henry Lundeen-Detisch on back up vocals for what would it take? and his deeper baritone was a good contrast to Hedley. Waking Hours was nearing the end of their time on stage, thanking the crowd and fellow performers before getting to the last two numbers. Getting cheers of recognition for their final song Slow Dancing, Walking Hours had been an impressive opener and is a band well worth seeking out.

Next was NATL PARK SRVC, a Minneapolis based rock group. Formed in 2018, their most recent album is MAGICIAN. They have been pretty relentless performers, with this being their ninth show at the Entry since the start of 2020. Taking stage as a quintet (vocals/guitar, guitar/backing vocals, bass, violin, and drums) this was a little more indie folk out of the gate. A mid-song band intro (I love it when a band does that right up front) and the band got back to wrapping up the opener. Jared Leger’s bright violin added a sweeping element to the music and Dylan Woytcke’s quietly compelling vocals added to the intimate feel. A bit of banter specifically about his need to tune was pretty funny and mixed with a faux self-deprecating humor, it held attention enough to get moving again on an as yet unreleased number. Alice, Illusions, and the Jack of Hearts had some soaring vocals and a pretty great bass riff. A switch to electric guitar had to re-start (“my amp was off!”), but the added kick of the extra electric paid dividends. Playing a song that the band had played at their first 7th St. show “almost exactly six years ago”, NATL PARK SRVC had a long instrumental lead and it had a mini jam session feel. A call out of the recent horrible events in Minneapolis was touching for its sincerity and the solidarity from band to audience was pretty excellent. Slowing things down on a late set song didn’t equate to sedate, as the wall of sound (including backing vocals) was on full display, including an extended drum solo from Sage Livergood. Rolling into their final instrumental section (I couldn’t tell if it was a different song or not), NATL PARK SRVC closed their 45 minute plus set on a high note.

Up to finish the evening was FINICK, the stage name for singer, songwriter and college student Josie Hasnik. The new album Weekends in Purgatory is already FINICK’s second and was the central feature of the evening’s set. The band got moving pretty quickly and the quartet (vocals/guitar, guitar/fiddle, bass, and drums) opened with a folk Americana sound in No Name and Hasnik impressed right away with strong vocals. A switch to fiddle made for Busy and Bored and was very folk sounding. Between that great bass work and FINICK’s almost drawled vocals, this had a bit more Americana feel than the earlier bands, and that was before the fiddle got fully plugged in and going. Going into “an especially fiddly song”, Captain Tory had an Irish folk song feel and FINICK was demonstrating some real range in those early numbers. Even as fiddle was replaced again by guitar, it was straight into the slide effect, further cementing the folk Americana sound.

A Sheryl Crow cover of If It Makes You Happy was well matched to the overall set’s tone and let FINICK head all the way to the top of their range. Hitting the halfway mark gave us the band introductions and things were rolling along. How to Lose You had a bit of a slower tempo to start but really let loose with guitar and bass opening up in the latter portion. Though FINICK did have fine transition banter, this was tightly focused on getting to the songs. Mud had the drums crashing hard and march-style bass work on the verses. A last minute switch of a song in light of recent events gave us Ear Worm, which was so new FINICK was playing solo on acoustic guitar. It was the downhill race to the end and Selfish had a heavy tinge of punk rock to it, which again was a different direction from the band. Coming back to Weekends in Purgatory album, FINICK finished on Third Time’s The Charm, closing with the fiddle and nearly straight country rock. The sold-out (and pretty young) crowd was bubbling as the lights came up and audience headed over to merch to congratulate the happy and successful artists.