9/18/21
Set 1
The show opens with a sick, "soft rock" version of Shine rearranged for
horns and vocals. Very cool and unique and a completely different vibe
to the "rock track" album version. Must hear.
12 minute Blaze On in slot 2, this one is all Trey. Absolutely killer
slow burn kind of jam. Must hear. No, really, this is sick.
After a deightful Magilla and a standard Cayman we launch into Sand.
Sand is INSANE! Trey goes full on nuclear bomb, slowly wrenching bent
notes from his guitar like a wailing madman. Abs must hear. 10/10.
Nuts.....
Valentine sounds terrific and allows us to collect our melted faces from
the floor. A really, truly excellent version. Maybe not must hear, but
still awesome. Same for the following 46 Days - it doesnt reach the X
Factor heights of Blaze or Sand, but of course it more than gets the job
done.
Set 1 ends with a blazing Push On Til The Day. Borderline must hear, it rips, but then again, dont they all?
All in all, another great set! Bit of a different vibe to night 1.
Felt much more "late night" or something. Kind of laid back in a subtle
way. Very cool. Awesome stuff. Definitely grab Shine, Sand and Blaze
On!!!
The 2nd set opens with a ripping 10 minute robo groove Carini. Id call this must hear - a warmup of monster TAB versions soon to come, but major ground is covered in the relatively brief time frame! This one is all over the place!
Remember the late night vibe I mentioned? The following Plasma dives head first into that! A terrific, groovy, chilled out funk kind of jam, all low key and slow burning in the best way. Sick.
As with Carini, it feels like a teaser of the mammoth versions soon to come.
The following Pigtail is MUST HEAR!!!! An absolute friggin PARTY ala Suzy Greenberg, you get dueling horns, organ solo, the works. A++++ album ready version. Hot damn!
As with Plasma, Alaska lays hard into that late-night vibe turning in a nicely relaxed version that even gets a little strange with a weird kind of alien percussion section in the middle. Interesting.
But not as interesting as the following 10 minute Money, Love and Change!! This sucker kills!!! Total jam beast, killer.
Gorgeous Show of Life into a hot About to Run close the show.
All in all, this was an excellent show, though I would definitely say it was slightly "lesser" when compared to opening night in Portland. Strong overall, just nowhere near as much mind-blowing going on. And that's fine, this was still a great show of great music!
For set 2 Id say Plasma, Carini and Pigtail are what you need
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