6 22 19 Columbia
Set 1
The opening trio of Undermind, Tube and Funky B is terrific. Undermind
is next level good, Tube has a strong blissfulness, and Funky B shows
Trey doing his SRV best!
Steam is the first must hear highlight of the show - a perfect
"microjam", it goes bliss-reggae Type 2. Totally unique and 100 percent
worth your time. Killer!!!
Incendiary My Sweet One! LEO LEO LEO!!!!!!!!!! 
Following a dragging NICU - not a great version - we get the Phish debut if Ghosts song Friend.
And HOLY MOTHER OF GOD THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!!! PASSION OUT THE WAZOO!!! THAT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS EVER!!!!
SERIOUSLY!!!!
Then into a feisty No Men to pick us back up. As with Friend, this is
essential listening. Insane, face melting peakage of the Gods, and that
is no exaggeration. This is an unbelievable version.
The set concludes with a nice Silent/Bowie/Coil trio.
All in all, what a varied set!!! Undermind, Friend, My Sweet One,
No Men and Steam are what you need. Friend was an all timer Phish
performance. I beg you to go revisit it!!!
Set 2
A killer 15 minute Ghost to open the set. Starts with some chill bliss
before getting slightly darker and heavier. It just moves and grooves,
going dark to light and back again. Wonderful version that does a lot
more than the runtime suggests. Very slowly the dark synths creep in and
the jam gets a very gritty and growly feel to it. But Trey resists and
they move back to bliss raging. From here they go into the hottest rock
and roll raging since No Men. Stellar!!! Killer Ghost!!!! Must hear!
Move into a hot Axilla and then SYSF to keep the rock going hard!!!
Axilla positively destroys. More than usual. My god.
Set Your Soul Free is the next big jam of the night, reaching 14
minutes. Rages HARD for a long while then drops into a funky, Leslie and
plinko kind of dark funk. Chilled back but still hard on the throttle.
Oh yea, baby, this is the stuff.
Slowly they move into more rocking territory again before dropping hard
and fast into a wonderful synthfunk outerspace groove!!! Full on type 2, this is utterly fantastic!!!! Slowly this morphs back again into a hot rock and roll and they bring it to a close.
Holy crap that was incredible!!!! Like a 25 min journey condensed into 14 minutes!!!! Must hear!!!!!
And, awkwardly, into Whats The Use....
Whats the Use has rough segue into it, but honestly? It feels great
coming out of that SYSF jam as if its just an extension and the jam
never ended. Love when they do that!!!!
And, oh so perfectly, out of WTU into...Billy Breathes! On paper this
looks bad but holy crap you have no idea how great this works.
Its like that 2021 Disease>Velvet Sea (Dicks??). My god, Billt was THE perfect landing pad!!!!!!
A raging DDHVL up next. Love how it just rises from the ashes of that
gorgeous Billy. I wouldnt call this essential but it was awesome.
Killer Hood comes early before the show kinda falters to a close with
the remaining, but still enjoyable, song selections. Hood is killer, if
not must hear. Doesnt beat the Bonnaroo version but gets the job done
quickly.
Killer smokeshow set!!! Ghost>Axilla>Soul and that explosive
Numberline are the must hear materials. This show was an absolute BLAST
to listen to!!! It wasn't perfect but the highs were massive and the
balance of it all made them stand out that much more. Love the varied
setlist as well and, again, the debut of Friend is hall of fame stuff.
Please go check that out!!!!
Id put this show on par with 6/19 Blossom. That show had a perfect
second set and a just good first set. This had the goodies spread
throughout and gave it better balance overall. This was an awesome
show!!!!
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