4 23 22 New York City
Set 1
A reall good Fluffhead opens the show. Trey is very flubby throughout
but that's ok considering how energetic and enthusiastic this one is.
Inessential but good regardless.
The following Mikes Song builds a good head of steam. Nothing special
but definitely enjoyable overall. Same goes for Hydro and Paug. Paug
actually gets really great by the end and there are hints of a budding
jam that isnt pursued (dang it!). A really GOOD Mikes Groove overall that doesnt disappoint but also doesnt burn down the house.
Up next is what this set is most remembered for - a giant 22 minute
Simple outta nowhere!!! The song is good, with the initial type 1 rock
jam extending all the way to 13ish minutes. The rock jamming is real
tight and not as boring as you might expect. Copious amounts of Party
Time jamming/teasing as well! From there the jam breaks down awkwardly
like Fuego from the night befor and they literally FORCE it to keep
going. Thank god they do!!! They slowly build it up into a dark and
monstrous robo stomp funk jam culminating in a full blown Egg In A Hole
playthrough at 19 minutes befoe reintroducing the Simple theme and
closing it out. That Simple is of course must hear, but honestly
it was a bit of a mess. A crazy mess that Im glad exists, but it
definitely wasnt the glorious magic of the 8/6/21 Simple etc
Another problem tonight is that Trey is just playing really CHILL. Its
like instead of burning fire we are just getting little sparks ....
Divided Sky is up next. Terrific job NAILING the difficult compositional
parts!!! Divided Sky is extremely delicate tonight in the best way.
Just a terrific version well worth a listen!!!
Average hot First Tube to close
All in all, set 1 was very good. The Simple and Divided Sky were
both must hear, but the whole thing still just has this....
underwhelming vibe to it all. Like they are flicking a lighter over and
over and only producing sparks. Its really frustrating.
Set 2
Now thats what Im talkin about!! The set opens with a massive 27 minute
No Men!! Even better, it RAGES, easily producing more heat than anything
in set 1!!! This thing SMOKES!!! No Men is great, if a bit bloated. It
never goes "strange", but at least its not chill bliss! Its spends the
entirety of its jam in a darkly brooding kind of melodic tenseness. You
just get lost in the soup, if you will. Not my favorite jam but it was
still must hear, of course.
A spectacular short little Caspian gives us a slight breather . A
terrific version, this sounds straight out of 1997 or something!!! Must
hear!!
Piper is nice if annoyingly aborted just as the jam gets going, but
Jibboo is SPECTACULAR!!!! Truly must hear, that has to be the best
soloing Trey has laid down so far in 2022! Exceptional Jibboo!!!
IAWITW is an awkward waste tonight but Lonely Trip is great.
This uneven set ends with a NUCLEAR BOMB Walls of the Cave!! Definitely must hear, this thing annihlates!!!
Nice encore of Wilson, Bowie and More
All in all, a very uneven 2nd set. Caspian, Jibboo and Walls were
all must hear, and No Men would be incredible if 10 minutes were chopped
off of it. Great show, sure, but the "magic" is still lacking for now. Hmm. Super uneven run, Im really annoyed that I didnt enjoy most of it that much more.
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