About 100 people crammed into The Basement for one of the most intimate Shout Out Louds shows they’d ever seen. When standing room was no longer available in front, people spilled out along the sides of the stage, waiting and waiting.

Shout Out Louds played Saturday at The Basement.

Shout Out Louds finally took the stage a little after 10 p.m. Saturday following opening act Nico Vega. The indie pop band from Sweden is touring in promotion of its second full-length album, “Our Ill Wills,” which was released in America Sept. 11. Lead singer and guitarist Adam Olenius claims this album is about secrets – why people are afraid to voice their deepest thoughts and motivations. Having performed in Columbus before, the group has developed a local, loyal following.

Annie Wilson heard the band was “fantastic live” and said she thought she would come and see if the rumors were true.

“The show was phenomenal,” she said. “I really like how he (Olenius) mixed things up and played the cow bells. He could interact with the crowd more then.”

Olenius hung onto a speaker mounted to the low ceiling and ran across the stage while playing the bells for songs “Tonight I Have To Leave It” and “Time Left For Love.”

The venue, so small fans could see sweat roll down the foreheads of the performers, has a laid-back atmosphere. An eclectic group of comfortable, upholstered chairs rest against the poster-covered walls. In short, The Basement is a basement with a sloppy paint job and expensive acoustic equipment. Audience members can step outside for a cigarette break, call friends for an update on the score of the baseball game and purchase drinks at the bar. A nice change for those who saw Shout Out Louds tour with The Strokes and Kings of Leon.

Natasha Cramsey, who had never been to The Basement before, said “the show’s sound overall was fairly good, nice acoustics. I really enjoyed it because it was so intimate.”

Although the band has played together for more than six years, the members shied away from talking to the audience in between songs and interacting with one another. Instead Shout Out Louds kept the energy up with its bouncy song selection.

“The best part was when they played the song ‘Parent’s Livingroom,'” said Ben Grisham, a longtime fan of the group. “It is my favorite song,” he said, and judging from the crowd’s rejuvenated claps many agreed.

The band finished with a three-song encore. The last song was “Very Loud,” the second track off its first album, “Howl Howl Gaff Gaff.”

“I liked the last song the best,” Cramsey said. “You could tell they are real artists because they are so good live.”

Cassie Kazanas can be reached at [email protected].