Lets start listening through summer tour, shall we? 
6/20/25 Manchester
Set 1
Funky Moma Dance to open. Super energetic and tight, the guys are into it. Nothing essential, but definitely a most excellent start to the show and tour!!! Really killer little Moma.
The fun continues into a blazing hot BOTT. Honestly, the energy is just
palpibly sky high tonight, played with that extra bit of tempo and
oomph. As with Moma, its nothing special in the grand scheme, just a
typically excellent "get the blood flowing" set 1 reading. Seriously though, the energy is THROUGH THE ROOF!!
Predictably (but thats ok!) in slot 3 we get a 12+ minute Wolfman.
Wolfman is MUST hear! An utterly spectacular version with an extra
rhythmic slant to it. A++ reading, must hear. WOW!
Even better is the following 14 minute Theme!! X Factor all over this bad boy! Extra
from the start, it just slays, eventually morphing into a sick funk jam
that leads into full blown type 2 robo fun before coming back and
blowing the roof off.
After The Old Home Place we get standard yet blazing versions of 46 Days and Birds. Birds in particular just crushes. Im gonna call that one must hear. Its nuclear!!!
In classic fashion, the set concludes with an excellent Slave. Inspired pick!
All in all this set is way better than I expected. Wolfman and
Theme are both genuinely must hear and special mention to Birds!
Everything is blazing hot and the energy is through the roof.
For a "start of tour warmup set", this kills.
Set 2
A strange pair to open with the duo of Bouncing into Sample. Sample at
least is balls to the wall pure energy. An absolutely explosive type 1
reading.
And then the alien invasion occurs ...
Kicking into high gear, a friggin 19 minute Life Saving Gun is next. X
Factor galore, it annihilates, wasting no time immediately going type 2.
It spends most of the jam in a sick kind of gooey and synthy
psychedelic and meditative zone. Very textural and soundscapey without
ever feeling meandering. No major key bliss rock here boys and
girls!Eventually the beat changes and the last section sees them dive
into a sick latin funk area to close. This was AMAZING!! BEST VERSION YET!!! KEEP JAMMING IT, DUDES - IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER!!! 
Then, immediately blowing that the F away is an 18 minute Twist. A ridiculous LEGITIMATE ALL TIMER,
its hard to describe without just listening to it. This is a 90s level
psychedelic evil wormhale alien haze jam on the level of something from
2000 or the Hampton Halley, etc. Dark and synthy, eventually slowly
morphing into the most insane, skull crushing, what in the love of Satan is happening jam this side of the Mexico 24 Chalkdust. X Factor?! More like XXXXXXXX
FACTOR TO THE MAXXX!!! THIS TWIST IS SO FREAKING UNBELIEVABLY
RIDICULOUS. WHERE DID THIS COME FROM. MORE OF THIS, PLEASE! LET THE
TWISTAISSANCE CONTINUE!!!
ALL HAIL OUR SUPREME SATANIC ALIEN OVERLORDS FROM PLANET X!
They then "cool us off" with a raging 11 minute Piper. Nothing you havent heard before but it keeps the energy going great.
And into a 16 minute Everythings Right we go. Treys voice is SHOT, holy
crap. Thankfully it turns out to be a spectacular reading. Excellent
robo funking slowly morphs into a terrific motif-lead finale section.
Probably must hear - its fantastic!!!
Highly inspired encore of Strange Design, Hood and Suzy. All are good
but Id call Hood must hear. A terrific slow burn reading just dripping
and oozing with passion. The final build up jam feels particularly
lengthy and the whole thing is just killer.
All in all, this was an AWESOME show!! Zero low points, for real.
Wolf, Theme, LSG, Twist, ER and Hood were ALL must hear! They came out
SWINGING and knocked it outta the park. And words cannot do justice to
that Twist. That was a true mind melter evil noise jam if there ever was
one.
Hell. Freaking. Yes. Lets go!
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