Kevin Bronson on September 24th, 2016

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Cold War Kids played a typically fierce hometown show on Friday night as the Long Beach-bred quintet performed a catalog-spanning set from their five albums (and assorted EPs). It’s been almost two years since the Kids’ last album, “Hold My Home,” came out, and it was clear the Palladium crowd knew all the words to those songs and the ones from the band’s 10-year history. They played their No. 1 single, “First,” next-to-last, ending the show with the bittersweet “Bitter Poem.” Canadian alt-country outfit the Strumbellas opened the night.

Photos by Jessica Hanley

Cold War Kids setlist: All This Could Be Yours, Miracle Mile, Louder Than Ever, Hot Coals, Hang Me Up To Dry, Can We Hang On, Jailbirds, Vacation, Royal Blue, Audience, Every Man, Minimum Day, St. John, Romance Languages, Drive Desperate, First, Bitter Poem