2022-08-06 Atlantic City, NJ

 8/6/22 Atlantic City

Set 1

Awesome start with 46 Days. Id say this goes type 2, spending its time in a chill yet heavy darkness. This sucker GROOVES HARD. Definitely must hear!!!

The following Moma is hot if inessential.

The double whammy of Olivias Pool into My Soul is excellent. My Soul blazes, definitely must hear. It kills.

Following a bliss rock 555 and a good NICU, we get a 17 minute power rock Gin. A bit more "weight" than most "straight rock" readings, its a massive version that just kicks butt, plain and simple. Must hear, probably.

Heavy Rotation makes a rare outing. Really strong, it has a budding jam that Trey ripcords them out of.

Character Zero is totally must hear. Hottest version of the year?! Pure nuclear annihilation, it even goes proper type 2, spending a few minutes in a blissful starry night Sea of Stars kind of area. Incredible.

Just as sick is the set closing Moonage Daydream. Chicago 2018 is my go to, but this might have just topped it. Must hear!!!!

All in all, this set kicked the crap out of set 1 of 8/5. 46 Days, Gin, C Zero and Moonage are all genuinely must hear. Awesome set!

Set 2

We get a 15 minute No Men to kick things off, and holy mothr of robo Satan what the hell is this. There is no raging, there is no peak, there is no good vibes. There is no light at the end of this tunnel, only darkness. Very textual, the jam slowly, minute by minute, gets darker and more abstract. Black Hole Robo Space Vortex. Or something like that. Just layer upon layer of sound, synths and loopers everywhere. It definitely reaches a point of "how much darker can this get?!" and then some. Pure mayhem. This is one of the most intense and dark jams of the modern age. Please go revisit this. The X Factor shines DARKLY!!! Christ!!!

A wonderful 17 minute Tweezer is up next. Going through a number of sections, its a soupy, jammy mess. A bi of this, a bit of that. And its killer. Must hear, of course.

A 10 minute SYSF is up next abd the X Factor continues to shine brightly. Staying type 1, this one is the definition of NEXT LEVEL!!! VOLCANIC ENERGY EXPLOSION FROM THE SUN!!! HOTTEST VERSION EVER. NO, SERIOUSLY, THIS IS MOLTEN LIQUID MAGMA FROM THE SUN. WHAT THE HELL. MY GOD.

A 12 minute Simple keeps it going even stronger!!! A spectacular reading, the jam absolutely SOARS, before dropping into the weirdest, most-out-there robot deconstruction jam imaginable. Stuttering, jittery synths and jagged delays, excessive power drill....you get the idea. Utter insanity from outta nowhere. Dude.

After a strong but inessential Number Line we get a ridiculous Golgi. The sequel to the other jammed out one from earlier in the summer, this one is super angsty, going heavily into a wild spanish jam before working its way back out. Another "wtf was that?!" performance from this run!!!

Slave is a total slow burner, starting pretty boring before eventually coalescing and ripping it up. Not essential but definitely does the job for sure.

ALBTD into Tweeprise close the show. Not sure if ALBTD is must hear, but its a genuinely terrific reading that works as a perfect "closing the book" moment.

All in all, I thought this show - top to bottom, overall - was much stronger than night 1 as a whole. That being said, the 2nd set of night 1 far eclipses the majority of this show, no matter how awesome, so pick your poison.

For set 2, No Men, Tweezer, SYSF and Simple are all must hear, adventurous readings and that Golgi is definitely worth a mention.

This show is far better than the 3.9 on .NET. This is an easy 4.2-4.3 level show, imo.

Thats 2 for 2 with AC2022!!!!!