7 2 19 Saratoga this morning.
Aka, Cathys Clown 
Set 1
Opens with the weird ass Everlys cover that nobody saw coming. Awkward and strange, lol
After Tweeprize we get an INSANE Carini!!! 11 minutes of MUST HEAR
MAGIC!!! This is an absolutely spectacular little version that is
totally killer from start to finish!!!!
AC/DC Bag is extra hot, if not essential, but Moma is another keeper - a
fun false start leads to spirited playing. They are going total "smooth
operator" on this one. Must hear.
And that SMOOTH segue into a very nice Theme.
Meat is excellent and Home, albeit sloppy, is great to hear. Home is at least raging hot and has a great little jam! Must hear!
An absolutely killer Gin is the penultimate song of the set. The peakage is long and insane. Complete rage fest.
Killer face melter Walls to close.
All in all this was an excellent set!!! The boys sound LOCKED IN
in a way that they havent for several gigs (aside from set 2 of Camden
3...). Carini is essential listening, as is Gin and Walls, and Moma is
well worth your time, but almost everything here is just REALLY GOOD if
not entirely essential. A great little set!!!
Set 2
Fun and short Cool Amber opens the set. But thats just a warmup for the
20 minute Disease that follows! Thankfully, the reading of the song is
surprisingly excellent. Its not all limp and weak but rather strong and
powerful!
After the initial type 1, the jam drops down into a more "late night"
uptempo feel. Lots of dueling Page and Trey. Out come the delays and the
Leslie. Very cool stuff. Very aquatic.
Very slowly they work themselves into a more feel good zone. Page moves
to the piano and a bliss peak begins to build. Trey sidesteps the peak
in progress however and they move into a slightly more jazzy/funky area.
Wah pedal, Gordo fx, etc. Lots of cool delay usage and the synths even
come out to play. Unfortunately its only for a brief moment, then Trey
yanks them back towards feel good.
Cool rhythmic area comes out of this with the whole band syncing up and working the jam to a peak.
This was a pretty good jam but I wont call it must hear. It was a bit
all over the damn place with a constant need to change direction just as
they get one thing going. Worth a listen but its the lesser of the
Summer 2019 jams, imo. I mean, its going on the master playlist of
highlights but it's definitely very "fragmented".
Disease comes to a sudden, jarring stop and they move into the Scents intro. Scents is pretty big, nearly 15 minutes!
The jam starts in a cool, laid back kinda jazzy vein and stays there for a good while, very slowly building in intensity.
Still in this jazzy vein, it gets more and more rocky. Pages on the
piano while Trey is raging the delay pedals. They proceed to dig deep
and rage this sucker hard. Fantastic.
This was terrific. Absolutely better than that ADHD Disease, imho. Must hear Scents!!!!
Twist is up next and continues the great vibes, turning in a shortish
but excellent version. Really good little jam on this. Put it in the
show highlights!
After Wilson we get a rare Scent of a Mule. Solid but unremarkable.
And then we get a must hear F Your Face!!! Holy crap melt those faces
Trey!!!!! And out of that and into a basic Halley before they close the
set with a strong Hood.
Another strong encore with a very rare Fee turning up.
All in all, set 2 was pretty tasty. Disease was flawed but still
highly enjoyable while the Scents was probably the best jam of the
night. Twist was worth a listen and F Your Face crushed. Hood and Fee
are worth a listen as well. Strong show overall but not a classic.
Strong A- . Good stuff!
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