7/27/24 East Troy
Set 1
An excellent 1-2 punch of Sample into Halley opens the show on a high
energy and totally rocking note. Immediately it is apparent the
difference in energy between night 1 and 2!!! Thank god!!!
They keep it going great with a fantastic type 1 Birds of a Feather.
This one strongly teases diving off the deep end, but unfortunately they
decide to keep her in the hangar.
A super poorly placed (though definitely excellent) version of Mountains is next. Very high quality!
Foam is the first shock surprise of the night. Trey has a few "out of
sync" moments and of course the outro is bad as always, but on the whole
this is a very strong (and definitely practiced sounding!) version!!
Probably throw this on the must hear list!
Another slightly odd set placement comes in the form of a
non-set-closing Moonage Daydream. As most of them do, this thing kicks
total ass. The band is exploding and Trey is just melting everything in sight with his emotive soloing. Must hear. Plain and simple. This is killer!
Considering the 40 minute Simple in set 2, how perfect that we get a My Soul in this show as well? The "legend" being that shows with My Soul, by chance, often end up being incredible 
Great stuff. Hot as always.
A terrific whopper double combo of Lizards into Bowie send us on our way
to set break. Both are killer. Lizards is totally choice in every way.
Delicately powerful and played with the utmost precision. A+++ Lizards! Bowie crushes. Nuff said!
All in all...WOW! What a difference in vibe and energy from night
1!!! Moonage Daydream is probably the only "truly" incredible piece
here, but the rest of the set was full of HIGH ENERGY, excellent and
rocking readings. Add in some unexpected set placements for good
measure.
This was a GREAT first set!
Moonage is definitely must hear, but Foam, Bowie, Birds and Mountains
(hell probably Lizards and My Soul too) are all worth checking out.
Kick. Friggin. Ass.
I so badly needed this set this morning after two bum shows in a row
Set 2
Sigma opens us up. Sigma goes as usual until, instead of peaking out, Trey rips into the Simple lick. ...and away we go!!!
Simple is absolutely bonkers. They basically power rock the F
outta it with pure fire and multiple peaky sections.....all the friggin
way to the damn 27 minute mark *slaps forehead*
Remember the days when a 40 minute jam was actually a 40 minute jam and
not half an hour of (excellent, I might add), basically, type 1?
Anywho, finally around 27 minutes the X Factor FINALLY kicks in and the
final 13 minutes are as magically amazing as anything played in recent
years. Monstrous....
Nitpicking aside, this Simple is effing ridiculous!!! Just pure
power and FIRE!! It never goes truly strange like you hope, but god damn
if it doesnt absolutely crush in every other way....
Must hear - duh!
After a sloppy yet energetic The Howling to keep the party going, we get an absolutely spectacular 14
minute Wave of Hope. Wave is a soaring, magical, MAJESTIC peak factory
tonight!!! This has to be the most "uplifting" version of a song I can
recall. Basically non stop peakage for a lot of it. Definitely must hear!
After a wonderful (and perfectly placed!) Lifeboy, Trey and the boys
proceed to absolutely friggin BLOW THE ROOF OFF THE JOINT with what im
calling to be the finest Sand of 2024 to this point. Complete and utter X Factor Magic destruction. 10,000 percent must hear. Oh my god.
The set ends with a hard rocking and tight Golgi before a sick Esther
into C Zero encore to send us home with our faces on the floor....
Absolutely KICK ASS SHOW!!! Hands down the show of the tour so far
(tied with Mansfield #3, at least). My goodness. The pure FIRE and
energy tonight!!! They came to KILL! And kill they did!!!
For set 2, Simple, Wave and Sand are the essentials but special shoutout to Lifeboy as well 
Night 3 has to wait for tomorrow. I need some time to recover from this
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