Guster brought a breath of fresh air to Lantz Arena during their performance on Oct. 28, with a handful of new songs to showcase their evolving, classic, new sound.

When Guster finally hit the stage, they opened with “I Spy” from their mostly acoustic album, “Lost and Gone Forever.” The somewhat calmer beat of the song was a slow but steady start for the one-hour-and-20-minute concert, during which the band introduced five new songs off their unreleased and yet-to-be-named album, including “Beginning of the End,” “Captain,” “Satellite” and “C’mon.”

The new songs were much louder, with stronger drumbeats, compared to the signature bongos heard on “Lost and Gone Forever.” Although the older songs from various CDs are what kept the audience singing along, the new songs were a refreshing look into the band’s near future, as they are expected to be in CD form in stores this spring.

As far as the originality of the song names, Guster might be lacking, seeing that the Dave Matthews Band already has a song named “Captain,” off their “Busted Stuff” album and “Satellite,” from “Under the Table and Dreaming.” The names, however, didn’t take much away from the quality or performance of the songs.

Guster was a bit more energetic than their opening band Matt Pond PA, although most of the difference in audience energy could be attributed to the sing-alongs and the intricate and colorful lighting displays during Guster’s set.

The songs from “Lost and Gone Forever,” such as “Happier,” “What You Wish For” and “Barrel of a Gun,” stood out as the more complicated and most artfully arranged songs throughout the set, but maybe that’s because the band had only played some of the newer songs a few times.

Besides what sounded like a small mistake during “What You Wish For,” the songs were right on compared to their album versions, proving that Guster’s signature sound is all them and not the studio.

The range of moods varied from song to song, from upbeat melodies to soothing sounds and all-out rocking new tracks.

The band also showed off a bit of their originality, busting out an impromptu tune about “corn hole” or as Eastern students know it, “bags.”

“Sometimes I play corn hole, sometimes I play bags,” sang Ryan Miller, guitar and vocals.

Adam Gardner, guitar and vocals, lent a little of his own voice to the show during “Airport Song,” off the album, “Goldfly,” one example of the variety of songs during the set.

After 16 songs, Guster threw two more into the mix to keep fans happy, before ending the show on a good note. They continued with another new song, “One Man Wrecking Machine” and a highly energetic, crowd-pleasing performance of “Barrel of a Gun” from “Lost and Gone Forever.”

All in all, the concert was well worth the $13 students paid to see it.