Night Two of Deer Creek was a fun one-- coming off a scorching night one, the band had crowd expectations high and they delivered a fun setlist with highlights slewed throughout the show.

My buddy and I made our way through lot as we arrived at the venue again and, somehow, the scene looked even more packed than the night prior. We once again settled on Page Side and the band came out with a fairly standard Crowd Control. After following it up with a Poor Heart, the band's jamming really started with a fun Moma. The extended introduction to the vocal portion of the song got the band heated up and in sync which was heavily observable throughout the rest of the set. Trey took the lead in the succeeding BOTT which had a nice and cohesive jam portion as well. Army of One was nice as well (I'm a sucker for some Page vocals) and after Bouncing, the band played a really beautiful Ya Mar-- at about four minutes in, Page kicks off the jam and the lighthearted tone of the song was maintained by him and the complementary uplifting bass line by Mike. This led into another similarly drawn out Roggae with Trey as the observable leader as the band peels away from their vocals around 3:30 in. After the Wave of Hope debut, the undisputed highlight of the set was a monster of a Type II Stash. Stash is always one of my favorite jam vehicles, but the band got really experimental and funky with their jam about six minutes in. There were multiple segmented portions of the jam and the transition from the dreamy feel of the ending of the jam back to the chords of the traditional song was really impressive. Cavern worked perfectly as the set closer-- it built upon the energy created by that Stash without draining the audience too much. Nice first set!

The second set was an exceptionally unique one. The Everything's Right could hold a candle to N1's Blaze On and Simple-- if you like experimental Type II marathons, this one is for you. Fishman does a wonderful job throughout the entirety to continue to push Trey to explore other limits-- this may be my favorite ER I've heard. What's the Use builded upon the technicalities just exhibited by the band but, in my opinion, primarily served as a segue into everybody's favorite cover-- Crosseyed! My buddy had been hoping to grab a Crosseyed during this run and this version did not disappoint. They can always beautifully take this song to the trenches of outer space and the tone of this jam served as a beautiful complement to the introduction and reprise of What's the Use. This was, in my opinion, where the band's true versatility was most notable, as the gloomy and spectacular outbursts in What's the Use could not be any more technically different than the up-tempo Crosseyed. You'd be hard-pressed to find another band that can excel at playing both of these songs with that level of expertise. To follow that up with a classic like DwD was beautiful song selection-- the exploratory feel of the whole set was tied to conclusion with an extended jam portion. I'm a sucker for Wading in the Velvet Sea, even as a cool down, especially when the band picked it right back up with a monster of a Possum. It might have not been the longest (or even one of the longest), but it was 11 minutes of pure rock! The whole place was moving. I also really enjoyed seeing Drift While You're Sleeping-- I wouldn't be shocked to see them rip this one open one of these days.

Overall, a beaut of a show. Was it as good as the classic that was DC Night 1? In my opinion, probably not. But it DID have some moments that I consider unmissable-- the Stash, Everything's Right, and WTU>Crosseyed>WTU should have casual fans turning heads. Me and my buddy talked to some fans from Burlington succeeding the show that were rocking out with us on Page side and we got one of their handwritten setlists on 'Boy Man God Shit' sticker-- I love this community. 4/5 and definitely worth revisiting.