SET 1: Strawberry Letter 23: Standard. >

Bathtub Gin: Treys vocals are pretty cringe here. The jam is hard charging and straight ahead. It does take a bit of a breather fairly late in the jam but eventually ramps back up and they set themselves perfectly for ->

Back on the Train: Nice segue out of Gin! This Train has a little extra juice to it!

The Squirming Coil: Standard. Trey has a little rough stretch around 3:50.

Axilla (Part II) – Standard.

Ya Mar: Standard.

Blaze On: Standard.

Waste: Standard. Interesting set placement late in set 1. Haven’t seen it a spot like this since 2.22.20.

Walls of the Cave: Broadway Trey and the Whale. Yikes. >

46 Days: I’m sure WOTC was the likely set closer, but they couldn’t go out like that, so they ripped this instead.

SET 2: Down with Disease: OMG Trey forgot how to play the outro part right after the composed section with the lyrics. How odd, he has played that hundreds of times live. This jam stays pretty mellow for the most part. The conclusion is an absolute mess. >

The Well: Time for some redemption and did they ever deliver! The Well vocals from Trey sound great. Vocal coach paid off on this one. This jam has like three or four distinct sections. The first is a big wall of sound with tons of dissonance. In your face! The second is very upbeat and played at a fast, almost frenetic pace with Fishman pushing his mates. This becomes celebratory as Trey takes the band back into the lyrics. But this wouldn’t last for too long and they take us right back down that deep, dark hole. Very intense. The vamp on the same theme over and over. Not for the faint of heart. Awesome, awesome jam. After it’s over – Fishman – “Can we just play that again?”

No Men In No Man's Land: Very, very short. >

Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1: Alright! Love this one. Beautiful jam, just wish it could have been stretched out a little longer. >

Piper: There is literally no Piper intro just straight to the lyrics. Pretty standard version here, I like the space they get into towards the end, but they should have kept that going. Instead… >

Crosseyed and Painless: Oh yes, bring it on! But instead this is literally the shortest version they have ever played. So strange. Would love to know what happened here, has to be a reason for this? ->

Chalk Dust Torture: At least there was a cool segue. Another very short set 2 song. Strange.

ENCORE:

Wading in the Velvet Sea: Standard.

Fire: Standard face melter. Nice bust out, LTP 7.23.22.

Summary: I thought the first set was enjoyable and solid. Lots of old school tunes as seems to be the trend this summer for the first set for the most part. Second start started off rough with that DWD, The Well absolutely crushed and then the set basically crashed and burned outside of BASOS. What happened? Really weird stuff. 3.7/5

Replay Value: The Well