Devotchka lit up the Paramount Theatre on Feb. 13 during the Lupercalia: Saint Valentine’s Eve show with Quixotic.

Quixotic opened the show with an energetic set.

The music was ambient and experimental sounding, but there was not much singing. Dancers accompanied the band and provided visual entertainment in addition to the music.

Devotchka came out on stage opening with “Enemy Guns,” off How It Ends. This brought a lot of people out of their seats to dance along to the music.

Other than the four band members, Nick Urata (vocals, guitars, piano, theremin), Tom Hagerman (violin, accordion, piano), Shawn King (drums, percussion, trumpet), and Jeanie Schroder (sousaphone, acoustic bass, vocals) additional people joined the band on stage at different times.

Three people came out to play string instruments while Hagerman put the accordion down and joined them with a violin.

King left the drums and picked up a trumpet for certain songs.

The crowd seemed pleased seeing the members switch up the instruments a little bit and watched carefully.

It was hard to get bored, watching the band change their instruments of choice and add new sounds.

Viewers were especially pleased when Schroder finally turned the tiny Christmas lights on inside her tuba, a signature move in her repertoire.

Some people cheered in surprise, others knew it was going to happen and were happy when it finally did.

Some songs got the crowd more excited than others, including “How it Ends” and “Such A Lovely Thing” from How It Ends. From their album A Mad & Faithful Telling, “Transliterator” and “Along the Way” caught the attention of many.

The Slavic Sisters, who do aerials and acrobatics at many Devotchka shows were present at this one.

The audience, cheered and gasped, watching the girls perform their routines, suspended in the air, moving their bodies in different directions.

They moved along with the music, bending, and twisting making it hard to concentrate on the band.

Urata thanked the crowd more than once throughout the show, and seemed like he meant it. The crowd was more than happy to respond by cheering loudly, some waving their drinks in the air.

The night ended with a short encore and everyone came out on stage to bow for the audience. Devotchka can always be counted on to play an excellent show, and this one was no exception.