7/30/24 St. Louis (the 40 minute Tweezer show)
Set 1
After a sprightly CTB to open, the show immediately gets torn wide open with a fantastic 13
minute Jibboo in slot two! X Factor is slathered all over this bad boy.
Trey spends a long time playing with the whale siren before they kinda
take this almost type 1.5, if you will, before raging to a conclusion. Must hear!! So much "character" to this version! WOW!
After a very flubby and untogether NICU we get an absolutely magical Ocelot!!!
X Factor all over this bad boy, its a terrific "the band is listening
to each other" jam. Its doesnt peak like you want it to, but the journey
to the end FLOWS like melted honey. Spectacular. For real. MUST HEAR.
Following a very good Evolve comes a massive 16 minute Theme From the Bottom!!!! And holy effing crap this thing is a BEAST! The
song gives way to good type 1 jamming before Trey briefly flirts with
the robo wah and leads them in a glorious "taste" of type 2.
Unfortunately he just as quickly backs off and you go "oh man, cmon
Trey...". Thankfully they move into a spectacular "hose bliss" peak
section and slay everything in sight. Just when they reach the natural
conclusion point, they push through and keep going!!!! What
follows is several absolutely glorious minutes of funky exploration.
They go full blown type 2 for a good while in this "coda" , of sorts.
Eventually Trey must have signalled everyone or something because they
drop PERFECTLY back into the "regular" Theme ending jam as if this whole thing was composed or something!!
X FACTOR ALERT!!! CODE RED MUST HEAR!!! THAT WAS ONE OF THE SICKEST JAMS OF THE SUMMER!!!!!
After a very good Vultures, we get a double whammy of Timber into ER to close the set.
Timber is another must hear version. Kinda lengthier than usual, this one SMOKES to high heaven! Fantastic!
And the closing ER, while not must hear, is noteworthy for being
absolutely full of fire and passion. Really strong type 1 version!!!
All in all, WHAT A SET!!! Jibboo, Ocelot, Theme and Timber were
ALL MUST HEAR! The X Factor is absolutely flowing tonight and this was
one of the finest sets of the year so far! Delete NICU and itd be almost
impeccable.
A+, yo!
Set 2
The 2nd set opens with an excellent "this shouldnt be a damn rarity"
INNYLTB. So great to hear again and a great rocking version!
But then....oh boy....here comes a friggin 41 minute Tweezer!!!!!!!!
And thank GOD it is light years better than the Alpine Simple!! From
the very start, this behemoth is simply exploding with ideas and
energy. There is almost zero "searching" - the jam moves extraordinarily
fluidly from part to part to part. There is so much going on that you could break this into a 20 track album, basically.
The peak section around 24-27 minutes or so is one of the most
ridiculous, screaming-from-the-sky hose explosions heard since the damn
Pelham 2021 Carini!!!!
Basically, this jam is extraordinary. Hands down the jam of the
summer and its not even close. Definitely in league with the Mexico
super jams or the Berkeley 2023 Tweezer.
Do I even have to tell you this is must hear?! Just sit back and sink into this, letting it wash all over you.....
Now THIS is what a 40 minute jam SHOULD sound like (cough cough Alpine Simple cough cough)
After wiping the floor with the Alpine Simple (seriously, there is no
comparison. The difference in "quality" between the two jams is
astonishing), the show must continue!!!), we get a nice cool down
with....a friggin 13+ minute type 2 Ether Edge!! The song
as usual gives way to extended POWER rocking before slowly ascending
into a lengthy, full blown "bliss heaven" kind of section. Definitely
must hear. First jammed out version too, no?
Ether Edge gives way perfectly to a raging, 12 minute Piper. It kinda goes type 2, morphing into a really great, excessively upbeat "motif" jam. Definitely pair this with Ether Edge for a winning duo of uniqueness!!!
And into a too short Meat that doesnt even jam, the set ends on a high
note with a positively SCREAMING Blaze On. Legitimately an ass kicker.
Maybe not must hear but just know that it crushes.
Encore of a gnarly Saw It Again into Tweeprize.
Holy moly sweet banana jeezus crap on a cracker. I think this
might have been the best show since Mexico!!!! There have been other
great ones (Mansfield 3, Alpine 2, Sphere 2, etc), but I really dont
think any of them hit THIS next level of quality.
This wasnt just an awesome show. This was a CLASSIC show. LivePhish Vol. 1-20 quality, basically. 
That Tweezer IS all that and a bag of chips. And Theme, Ocelot, Jibboo,
Ether>Piper.....this was almost an "archetypal" Phish show. It had a
bit of everything and most of it had that intangible MAGIC that
separates a good version from a terrific version.
Delete NICU and that oddly short Meat and you have show that is basically one giant highlight from start to finish.
I cannot say enough about this one. This is now the show to beat for Summer 2024.
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