Everclear played at Avalon Tuesday night to promote their new album, "Slow Motion Daydream." A large club, Avalon was packed with fans ranging in age from high-school to thirty-somethings. The stage was plain; the only decoration was the band's name written in white on a black backdrop.But the simple set belied a much more chaotic performance: amidst strobe lights and police sirens, Everclear took the stage. The crowd roared enthusiastically as the band from Portland, Ore. began their set with the song "You Make Me Feel Like a Whore." The energy on stage and in the audience was high as both the crowd and the band bounced to the guitar-heavy rhythms of the songs.

The first few songs blended together since the band neglected to take any talking breaks, save one to comment on the "coolness of Boston's historical Green Monster."

After a couple more songs they played one of their first hits, "Wonderful," which finally got the crowd to sing along and jump up and down. Then Everclear performed the first single off their new album, called "Volvo Driving Soccer Mom," a song lead singer Art Alexakis described as a song about prostitutes who become soccer moms. During the performance the crowd became increasingly rowdy and eventually started a mosh pit and some crowd surfing.

After "I Wanna Die a Beautiful Death," the bassist, Craig Montoya, gave a solo performance while the other band members took a quick break. Despite the slightly ear-piercing quality of some of the riffs, the crowd was thoroughly impressed with the improvisation.

Through the duration of "TV Show" and "Summerland," the energy of the crowd continued to rise as the mosh pit expanded and the number of crowd surfers grew. At one point, Alexakis actually stopped the show to urge people to stop crowd surfing because it was endangering several of the smaller female audience members.

For the next song the crowd calmed down significantly as the band prepared for a much mellower tune. Montoya switched to keyboards and Alexakis put away his guitar in exchange for a stool. The song, "Learning How to Smile," Alexakis explained, was a love song for people whose parents did not approve of their significant other.

Before launching to several older songs, Alexakis introduced Everclear's new guitarist, Jeff Trapp, for a brief solo. Next, Everclear played one of their hits, "Everything to Everyone," causing the crowd immediately to start to sing and jump around again. Then the band moved to an excellent rendition of "Father of Mine," which was extended with a drum solo and extra choruses. The set ended with the song "I Will Buy You a New Life."

For the encore, Everclear invited two girls and a guy on stage to dance to an instrumental jam session. Following the theme of audience participation, the band asked a fan to play guitar for the song "Santa Monica." Finally, Everclear finished the show by letting a couple dozen excited fans dance on stage to another song. For hardcore Everclear fans, the show was everything one could hope for and more.