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Set 1
A shaky Evening Song opens the show and reminds us how bad of an opener
it is regardless of how much Trey wants to believe otherwise. Great to
hear though.
Things immediately pick way up with a terrific Turtles. Super high energy and fast, this one kills. Great stuff!!!
After an excellent Vultures and a hot My Sweet One comes a raging,
snarling, fireball of a 13 minute Undermind. Total X Factor, they jam
the crap outta this and stretch it big time. Absolutely must hear, a
spectacular reading!!!
Even better, it segues into a must hear FEFY. Rarity aside, its a really excellent reading totally worth your time. Killer.
Divided Sky is pretty dang excellent, executed flawlessly (or close to it) and exceptionally delicate. Must hear!
The set closes with a 1-2 punch of Suzy into Ghost. Suzy crushes, good
enough for me to call it pretty "extra" and Ghost rages with the hottest
of the modern era. Wow.
HOLY CRAP!! What a turnaround from night 1!!! Nearly the entire
set was one giant highlight!!! Id say Undermind>FEFY is the essential
material if you are being picky but just about everything felt much
better than average. THIS SET CRUSHED!!!!
Set 2
Set 2 has an extremely unorthodox opening with an 8 minute Caspian into a nearly 17 minute Crosseyed!
Caspian is absolutely terrific. A++++ and it even gets jammed out nicely, going type 2 near the end.
Moving into Croseyed was so perfect. AND HOLY MOTHER OF X FACTOR MAGIC THIS IS A MONSTER!!! On
par with the Bangor Disease, imo, this sucker goes type 2 and has a few
distinct sections, never meandering and always keeping you on the edge
of your seat. Top 5 jam of 2022 so far. Hands down. Absolute magic.
After an early cool down with Miss You, we proceed to completely top
Crosseyed with a ridiculous 21 minute Set Your Soul Free. SYSF is
absolutely insane, going deeper and stranger than almost any other
version I can think of. Multisectional, zero bliss rock, nothing but
strange and weird robo hellscape annihilation. Honestly, I would call
this the SYSF equivalent of the 8/6/21 Simple. Yes, I just went there. Yes, I am dead serious. This
is the epitome of craziness. If you like your type 2 STRANGE, then this
is the jam for you. DEFINITELY a legitimate all-time version of SYSF.
Puts the 2/26/22 reading to shame!
Following a brief Caspian reprise, we get ANOTHER must hear type 2
excursion!! Twist is 13 minutes of rocket sauce. It does go type 2 and
they explore it thoroughly, but you are grabbing this because of the
insane and lengthy hose annihilation peak finale. HOSE HOSE HOSE HOSE
HOSE!!!!
A ripping little Carini closes the set excellently.
Encore gets off to a slow start with Silent before F Your Face and Buffalo Bill return us to the zaniness. Killer.
The show closer is yet another classic, all timer version. This time
they play Fire, and while tearing the roof off, Trey full on rips into
the full Star Spangled Banner slowly, as if he is Hendrix at Woodstock,
while the rest of the band keep Fire itself going proper underneath. That was one of the most slack-jawed moments Ive ever had as a listener. Insane.
All in all, set 2 is a ridiculous triumph. Not a single low point aside
from the sleepy Silent in the encore. THREE legitimate type 2
adventures, a couple all timers, the sickest encore in a hot
minute.....dude.
Crosseyed, SYSF, Twist and Fire.
My God.
Probably the 2nd best show of the entire year so far right behind 2/26/22
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