Excellent setlist, played very, very well.

Party Time, Bag, 46 Days, BOAF, Bouncing was a great way to get things going. By this point I can tell Trey and Page are communicating very well tonight. Stash was absolutely killed. Awesome jam and the band sounds locked in. Leaves was a perfect first set cooler after that Stash, and they pick right back up with a scorching Maze, then closing out with a great Scents nodding to the one they couldn’t finish in Wilmington.

Opening a second set with Sigma Oasis > Final Hurrah > Pillow Jets is most definitely a big, big risk by the band, and we all know how things go when things like this are not executed well.

Tonight was different in the best of ways.

Sigma, while without a huge peak, didn’t feel stale, every second had a sense of direction, ideas were flowing, the band sounds like they are playing with purpose. Likewise with Hurrah, a slightly extended affair. Well placed, well played. Follow up with a debut run of Pillow Jets? The band absolutely crushed it. They can play this one 10 times a year for all I care if they play it like this on a consistent basis. Wow. Out of the swamp comes a monster mid-second set Bowie. Goes to show how they can drop a Bowie literally anywhere in the show and it’ll work. Cities > Fuego was fun. The Mike solo in Cities was really cool, and Fuego was a great sing along, albeit a relatively standard affair. Ruby Waves to me was a puzzling choice, but any doubts I had were quickly dismissed. Trey sent this one into the stratosphere (see 12/30/22 I Always Wanted It This Way for another unexpected monster closer). Great great great stuff.

Zero and Slave encore speaks for itself.

Really fun show, with great jams, solid play and unique yet effective song selection. 4/5