Kevin Bronson on November 29th, 2015

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Three weeks into a big national tour in support of their new, self-titled album, L.A. indie-pop outfit Family of the Year had quite a homecoming Friday night at the Troubadour, the first of two sold-out dates at the legendary West Hollywood venue. “We’re so stoked to be back in L.A.,” Joe Keefe told the packed room, and the crowd seemed equally stoked to see them, familiar as they were with most of the set.

Bookending their main set with “Never Enough” and “In the End,” FOTY actually played more songs (eight) from 2012’s “Loma Vista” than they did from their new album (five). But those new songs — this summer’s single “Make You Mine,” along with “May I Miss You,” “Carry Me,” “Blue Jean Girl” and “Face Paint” — earned an enthusiastic reaction. Or, as Christina Schroeter said at one point, “We’re ready for the mosh pit, guys … that would be really cute.” They wound up the show with a two-song encore of 2009’s “Summer Girl” and the biggest single from that second album, “Hero.”

Icelandic indie-pop band Kaleo, now based in Austin, preceded FOTY with a set including material from their 2013 self-titled album and the new “All the Pretty Girls” EP. And L.A. enchantress Cillie Barnes, aka Vanessa Jeanne Long, a former member of FOTY, opening the night. Included: the song “Easy Come, Easy Go,” which she introduced as “a love song just for burritos.”

Photos by Kelly Elaine