6 3 22 Noblesville
Set 1
The show opens with Theme. Stellar type 1 version, though I REALLY dont like it as an opener. I dont think that works at all.
Good stuff but nothing must hear.
The following Boogie On is terrific. Its extra lengthy and loaded extra. Must hear. Trey plays happy birthday and the crowd explodes - anyone know why???
After that comes a giant 17 minute Everythings Right. Unfortunately its
not particularly special. Its really GOOD but never achieves real
liftoff until the end and has a few minutes of disconnect here and
there. Its excellent overall but not quite magical, if you catch my
drift. Hell, it doesn't even escape bliss rock type 1 until 13 minutes.
Overall its really that it just does not do much with its runtime.
Up next is another surprise Esther!! Great overall aside from Trey totally botching the outro section.
Even better, they immediately fade into Buried Alive. Must hear! This shreds!! And why did that segue work so perfectly?!?! This is FANTASTIC!!! GRAB THIS!!!
Same goes for Alaska! Kinda ragged at first, thankfully the solo freaking EXPLODES like a damn nuclear bomb!!! Machine Gun Trey is out in full force!!! MUST HEAR!!!!
Then comes dandy lil Mull. Anyone got a taco? 
This is fantastic!!!! X
Factor Magic all over this beast, it stretches to around 12 minutes
featuring wonderfullt patient and building jamming that goes into great
melodic type 1.5-kinda zone, slowly essing its way to an eventual close.
MUST HEAR!!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!
Absolutely raging versions of Birds and Cavern rock this HOT set to a close.
All in all, this was a weird set. The energy and heat are
definitely here, but Trey is kinda having "sticky fingers" here and
there. Terrific setlist calls/shakeups and a number of BLAZING HOT
versions. At the same time all of it still felt like it should have been
better than it was. Really not sure how to explain my feelings - this
was great, but felt like it should have been exceptional. Or something
like that.
Also, it definitely got better as it went along. It feels like they are
warming up until they get through Esther. Then everything clicks and the
rest of the set just smokes.
Id say Boogie On, Buried Alive, Mull, and Alaska are all must hear with
shoutouts to ER - It tried real hard and was really nice, it just wasnt
fully "realized"
My complaints are "thinking way too hard" nitpicks. Dont listen to me, its a pretty great set.
Set 2
The 2nd set gets off to an incredible start with the ultimate 1-2 punch
that is No Men into Disease. No Men is must hear! Firmly type 1, but
just oh so next level. There is definite X Factor with this beast.
Wonderful ambient kind of breakdown at the end that leads into ....
Disease. 17 minutes of X Factor Magic. Absolutely essential listening,
this thing annihilates! The song itself is tight, fast and ass kicking.
You know its gonna be a good one when Trey is nailing that little "back
and forth" lick! The jam is a damn adventure, going through 4 or 5
sections from delay jamming to upbeat rock to downbeat robo wah, etc It
even has a slow breakdown to a fade out conclusion without Trey yanking
them back into the song!!! A+ across the board. Wow.
After a very strong and passionate reading of Joy comes Ruby Waves. This
Ruby is all type 1 but again is loaded with undeniable X Factor. This
is freaking NUCLEAR HOSE BOMB OF THE HIGHEST ORDER!!! HOSE HOSE HOSE HOSE HOSE HOSE HOSE!!! Essential listening!!!
The Lizards is the only real lowpoint tonight. Disconnect from the
start, Trey totally butchers Skippy the Wondermouse. This is the
opposite of a clean version 
Thankfully a very good Fluffhead picks us back up. Not essential but its mostly real good. Awesome.
The set proper ends with a OMFGWHATTHEHELLKINDOFMOLTENLAVAFIREFROMHELLISTHIS?! Chalkdust!!! Seriously essential, its incredibly EXTRA from the start. Must hear!!!
Nice encore of Contact and First Tube
All in all, set 2 was terrific outside of Lizards. No Men, Disease, Ruby and Chalkdust were all MUST HEAR!!! This was a KILLER show!!! Hell, it looks like the kind of show I would construct if given the chance!
Id give this a solid 4.2
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