By Daniel Stoller

Music was pushed to the forefront of Northeastern’s consciousness at an acoustic show last night.

The show, headlined by Pete Francis, the former guitarist/bassist of Dispatch, and opened by Alex Brumel and Eric Hutchinson, filled afterHOURS to its 275-person capacity, said afterHOURS employee Ben Gram, a middler music major.

Gram, who checked IDs and monitored the number of people in the venue, said capacity was reached with a total of 400 people coming in and out around 8 p.m., when the doors were opened.

“It’s good [for afterHOURS] to have a show that is a draw,” Gram said. “It was a larger show than normal.”

Shortly after 10 p.m., Francis and lead guitarist Boo Reiners took the stage and the crowd pushed forward. From the first song, the audience was energetic, dancing and singing along.

During his hour and a half long set, Francis played the songs he released during his solo career, as well as songs off his new album, Everything Is One.

An encore was sparked by the majority of the crowd chanting, “One more song,” until Francis and Reiners returned to the stage, with Francis shaking hands with those in the front row.

“It was a great show. We love playing college shows,” he said. “There was a certain energy from the start of the show