, attached to 2023-07-18

Review by Sopath

Sopath By no means was this a "bad" show, but just very forgettable. It reminded me of being a kid and being super excited to see a classic rock act only to leave feeling really disappointed.

There's a lot of songs here that I really like but they weren't exactly spectacular versions. Cavern, Shade, Drift While You're Sleeping, Bug etc. all songs I love. Just not memorable versions. The collective vibe of all the best stuff was I think just lethargically mellow and I feel like at some point the band had to have realized the energy was way too low. The Howling and Suzy were both strong but they should've been there before the encore.

Casual Enlightenment: I think a lot of people are going to point to this song as the disaster of this show. Honestly, yeah it was bad and really killed the vibe. Not sure if it's a bad song or just a particularly bad performance of it. Either way this song is due for another 70 show gap.

As far as highlights go, ASIHTOS > Light was pretty good. My personal highlight was Jibboo. There was some cool stuff going on in that jam and it's worth revisiting. All that said: I'm only adding Jiboo and ASIHTOS to my highlight playlist for this Summer. Pretty forgettable show. 2/5 may seem harsh but until .net let's me rate things on a 1-10 scale that's just what it has to be. 5/10 for me.


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