An earlier start time and a more intimate venue will not keep rock band Five Eight from delivering a lot of rock ‘n’ roll jamming.

The band’s show at the Melting Point Saturday will begin a lot earlier than most shows in Athens, allowing fans to be in bed by midnight.

Troy Aubrey, the talent buyer for Melting Point, said even though the show is called “An Intimate Evening with Five Eight,” there will still be a lot of energy. He also said the event will be intimate mainly because setting is comfortable and the audience will be close to the band.

Mike Rizzi (drums), said the show would be intimate because the group’s music incorporates a lot of rests that allows for the music to sound emptier but also more interesting.

Five Eight will release a new album in the fall. Mike Mantione (lead vocals and guitar), said the band definitely plans to play its new songs, which have more of a southern rock feel to them.

Rizzi said the jamming in the new songs is similar to the style of bands such as The Who or The Rolling Stones and the group has incorporated this style into all of the shows.

“I have serious blisters on my hand from the last show,” Rizzi said.

Aubrey said the Five Eight show is part of the Melting Point’s effort to appeal to a younger, college crowd.

The venue’s shows usually start around 8 p.m. and attract an older crowd. Aubrey recently began working at the Melting Point and has started trying to bring in a variety of people to the venue.

“One of the points I was trying to develop was diversity,” Aubrey said.

He also said the venue was made for those who want to experience a show for listening pleasure. Aubrey believes there are college students who want to go to shows for this very reason.

“I think there are 18-year-old sophisticated listeners,” he said.

They are if they are Five Eight fans.

The groups’ new songs will include a lot of lyrics related to politics and love, Mantione said.

The political lyrics reflect his struggle to understand the political process of the war in Iraq.

“There’s room to breathe though – (the lyrics) are not going to make you sick,” he said.