8/12/22 East Troy
Set 1
Ooh! A rare Fuego opener! AWESOME!!! Killer version, its tight and hot
and high energy. The song sounds perfect and the jam is excellent, never
getting weird but absolutely soaring to the sky instead. Its a bliss
rock version, but its a terrific one! Must hear - also, is this the
first Fuego opener Ive ever heard?!
The rocking keeps going with the must hear duo of Clear Your
Mind>Twist. A super inspired pairing and set placement, CYM is
excellent funking, groovy type 1. They execute a flawless and seamless
transition into an excellent type 1 Twist. Taken on their own, neither
is particularly "standout" but as a pair, the whole thing just works
outstandingly well. The guys are playing TIGHT with each other and the
flow of it all is outstanding. Wow.
Even better is Halley. On 6 minutes, but this one buuurrrnnnnssss. Honestly? This is hot enough for me to, again, call it must hear. Not much else to say - it CRUSHES.
With a "somehow they almost pulled it off" ripcord/segue we leave Halley
for Destiny Unbound. Super, super FUNKY with sick "plinko wah" playing
from Trey. I would jam chart this - this is KILLER. Its
not overly long but, as with Halley, its absolutely on FIRE and the
ridiculous funk jamming makes this sound as if they played the song in
1997 or something. Must. Hear.
And then, outta nowhere - 18 minute Moma Dance! LET'S FRIGGIN GO!!!! Off
the rip, the song is excessively tight and energetic, with Trey getting
in some "na na na na nas" from his TAB version of the song. At the 8
minute mark, the jam dives into type 2 with Trey going nuts with loopers
and delays for a bit. After settling back down, the jam goes into a
super laid back "night time funk" section for a god while. Killer. Trey
is just tearing it up!! Finally around 14 minutes Page pushes them out
and they spend the final few minutes building an abstract peak section
with lots of wonky FX usage from Trey. Sick.
MUST HEAR!! ALL HAIL X FACTOR MAGIC!!! THE MAGIC REIGNS SUPREME!!! THAT WAS FRIGGIN RIDICULOUS!!!!!
The set closes with Drift. Im a fan, but this is a pretty ragged
version. The raging finale saves it, but otherwise this is the only true
blemish on an otherwise perfect set.
All in all, I LOVED THIS SET!!! Moma, Fuego, and CYM>TWIST and
Destiny were all genuinely must hear. Aside from Drift, there wasnt one
single low point. The energy was OFF THE CHAIN and the tightness was on lock. THIS SET KICKED ASS!
Set 2
Insane start with a 6 minute "genuinely jammed out" version of ....Ass
Handed! Absolutely worth your time and worth a listen. Its awesome, lol
Unfortunately, the transition/ripcord/YANK into a 12 minute SYSF is like getting whiplash from hell. 
Awful!! That being said, SYSF is pretty excellent - if this was a
first set. The song is TIGHT and high energy. The jam is pretty decent,
exploring delay stuff, regular melodic rock and ultimately having a
lengthy cool down outro. Whats here is pretty good, and while I wouldn't
necessarily call it unercooked, this definitely leaves you wanting way
more than what they give you.
Up next is the ultimate setlist sin - a 14 minute Golden Age that is
played well but goes absolutely nowhere and does absolutely nothing and
is way too long!!! It doesnt even finish that good. BORING!!!!! NEXT!!!! Seriously, this is a complete waste of time...
Love Lonely Trip but its not what we needed after that lame Golden Age.
Love the song and its a good version but lets get on to Ghost.
13 minute Ghost. And holy sweet banana jeezus what a Ghost it is!!! This
one rages extremely hard with Trey absolutely burning down the house.
Then it goes type 2 into a crazy, wacky, "what the hell is going on?!"
jam with lots of FX and Ass Handed call backs. The only flaw is that it
ends too soon, but otherwise this is up there with the best jamming of
the year. X FACTOR ALL OVER THIS SUCKER!!! MUST HEAR!!!
Following a hot but WAY too short Howling we get a shortish Simple.
Simple follow Howling and doesnt jam at all - literally. Ok version but
easily a total skip.
The set finishes on a high note with an X Factor laden, slap in the face
Bowie!!! HOLY CRAP THIS KILLS!!! HECK YES!! MACHINE GUN TREY FOR
PRESIDENT!!! MUST HEAR!!!
The Lizards and More for the encore. Pretty good.
All in all, this was one of the jankiest, most non-delivering sets
ever, I swear. Ghost and Bowie are essential and Ass Handed is must
hear too. SYSF is good but undercooked. The rest of the set is pretty
much a total waste.
The 3.7 on .NET is apt. Bummer
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