12/1/19 Uniondale
Set 1
The show opens magnificently with a spectacular, MUST HEAR, 13 minute
Ghost!! A wonderfully kind of smoky slow burn jam evolves slowly into
rock and roll before a MASSIVE hose EXPLOSION finale. Hot damn!!!!!
Essential!!!
Its immediately apparent the energy tonight is different than that of
last show's. The following Rift is must hear - they absolutely NAIL it
to the friggin board. Its flawless and it RIPS!!!!
Same goes for the "where did this come from?!?!" Man Who Stepped suite!!
Again, its FLAWLESS!!! They obviously rehearsed the hell outta both
tunes and it shows! Again, essential listening!!! Holy crap!!!
After a nicely powerful Wedge, Martian Monster absolutely smashes our
face in. In a set like this, of course Timber is what pops up next!!!
Some excellent patient and bluesy jamming ensues. Wonderful stuff. Must
hear, probably. A seriously terrific version in every way. MUST
HEAR!!!!!
Up next is the year long bust out if Cool It Down. Terrific and rocking, grab this. Not much to say - its great!
After an average Roggae (read: great as ever) we get a stupendously kick
ass Poor Heart! This thing SMOKES and is 1.0 worthy, imo! Must hear!!
The next massive highlight is an incredible 11 minute type 2 Tube!!!!
This thing SOARS to the heavens and peaks for days!!! X Factor
everywhere!!!!!!!!! All timer!!!!!!!
Smashing C Zero to close
All in all..... HOLY FRIGGIN CRAP!!! Now THIS is what it sounds
like when things "click"!!!!!! An absolutely flawless first set full of
energy and x factor, its so good, I damn near want to say its better
than the entire previous two SHOWS! A MASSIVE step up in quality!!!!
Ghost, Rift, TMWSIY, Timber, Poor Heart and Tube are all MUST HEAR and everything else is top shelf as well!
Well friggin done boys!
Set 2
The second begins with a true monster. This 14 minute Everything's Right has claim to top 5 or 6 version, imo. Im dead serious.
I cannot stress enough how much you need to hear this.
The boys waste NO time diving headfirst into a late night kind of dark groove. They lay into this hard. It just builds and builds thicker and soupier with every passing minute until by the end they are full on in the wormhole.
But the way it is played and developed and layered... everything abou it
is PERFECT as if it was created on purpose. A true, genuine, no BS, X
Factor Sent From Above (well, from Below, in this case) moment.
A genuine all timer. I do not make that statement lightly.
12/1/19 Uniondale
Everythings Right....
So Disease bubbles up perfectly out of the black hole outro of ER. The
song rages hot as expected and then in the back end evolved into a funky
zone. Disease is nice but merely the stop-gap piece tonight....
The fun begins when, after a few minutes of funk, they, magically, morph into....Cities!!!! That segue was some friggin X Factor on steroids. My god what is happening.
Even better, they play the song while Fishman continues the "wrong" drum
pattern from the jam prior, so Cities is played with a very wacky and
janky feel. All screwed up sounding in the greatest way! Its not until
the song is almost over that they start playing it "properly".
This is freaking RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!! HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!!!
And on a dime, no warning, Trey RIPS into a nuclear bomb Carini! No BS
with this one, no type 2 ridiculousness, just pure, unadulterated face
melting of the highest order. This one is played supremely well. This is NOT your "average type 1 Carini". This is a big cut above. Must hear!
Following that, an 11 minute Ruby Waves takes flight. We go soaring
through the sky for a good, long, blissful while. Its not essential, but
its a unique jam - its a good listen, but it never really peaks or
fully explodes, yet it doesnt dilly dally either. Terrific landing back
into the song to close!!!! Check it out!
And into the darkness again with an 11 minute 20 Years Later.
Hilariously, the jam immediately pulls a massive switcheroo and they
begin by launching into the brightest, warmest bliss this side of your
favorite Roggae!!!! Dude!!! Aint no darkness here! Just Trey shredding
the good vibes to the max!!! All hail out lord and savior, X Factor Magic!!!! Then,
all of a sudden, the bliss mutates into a terrifying, grindy, rhythmic
pulse and we head for the strange!!!! And with that heavy metal pulse it
comes to a close....
Firestorm versions of Number Line and SANTOS close the set while we get a fantastic encore of Roses and Slave!!!
All in all...look, I know I said 11/29 was great. It is. Thats a
GREAT show!!! But this. This was something else. This show was
PHENOMENAL. In all seriousness, I would seriously put it in the top 5
shows of 2019 so far. Maybe even top 3. Its a damn juggernaut. Ghost,
TMWSIY, Rift, Timber, Cool It Down, Poor Heart Tube, Everythings
Right>Disease>Cities, Carini, 20 Years Later......ALL OF THAT IS
MUST HEAR. ALL OF THAT!!
And that Everythings Right is a friggin masterpiece.
Welp, you know what they say, its all downhill from here!!!! 
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