The band is known for its lively psych-folk tunes, but Wednesday night the songs took on a new edge; every song seemed a little bit more urgent in a live setting. Vibraphonist Keaton Snyder incorporated himself nicely into the old material, most notably on an extended intro to “Fools.” Though the set list was almost exclusively from Visiter and Time to Die, in their second encore the band came out with “The Ball” from their debut album Beware of the Maniacs, ending with Kroeber punching through several of his drum heads.

So to answer your question: yes, a psych-folk band can destroy a stage, and had Snyder smashed that vibraphone, it might have been a perfect night. But as it stands, what the crowd at the Bowery got was pretty good too.