SET 1:

The Moma Dance: funky start! Standard version but not unwelcome.

AC/DC Bag: standard. Effects at the end lead >

555: funk central so far, nothing too out of the ordinary but good flow.

Waiting All Night: good placement, beautiful song. There are smoother versions out there though.

Heavy Things: many will not like this placement. I love this song, so I do. Trey laughing in the early going of the lyrics, adorable.

Happy Birthday to You: for tour manager Richard. Funny and over-the-top, Trey having plenty of fun.

46 Days: short rocker. Sounds like Trey briefly teases the end riff of Chalk Dust at the end of the solo.

I Didn’t Know: nice! Trey: ‘feel the burning suction - it’s Moses Heaps!’ Afterwards he tells a story about how Fish used to use that vacuum cleaner to clean the floor in his and Trey’s apartment.

Divided Sky: awesome placement, late set 1 is about as good as you can get for this. This is an incredibly sharp version with not a flub in sight. Jam is very nimble as well, Trey rips this old classic a new one. For 3.0 I would recommend this one.

Cavern: LOL at Fishman getting lost and playing during the pause. Not smooth.

Good Times, Bad Times: standard.

SET 2:

Carini: let’s get it on. Band is really feeling it with the ‘lumpy head’ screaming before the jam. Goes major key and contemplative at 6:00, Page finessing the electric piano. Very pleasant full-band droney interplay here, with an especially divine riff at 8:00. Washy, spacey, shoegazey. Reaches a great peak from there and then transitions. Tempting to groan whenever a Carini goes major key but do not be fooled. Mike has it right with the fight bell at the end. This is the real deal, very solid jam. >

Tweezer: awesome, though would’ve been better placed as set opener with Carini second. Nondescript funky jam that finally gets real interesting at the 9 minute mark once Trey dives into his back of tricks, and from there this one sounds awesome. Bassy techno effects, horror movie synths and Mike going ham on his new pedal that he also uses on Lawn Boy 6/26. Last few minutes are great, rest is fine. Gets ripcorded right at the end >

Fluffhead: woah, bustout - first time played since 2014! Crowd goes wild. Weird and not so ideal placement but who cares, it’s Fluffhead. This is a nearly flawless version, absolutely ripped considering it hadn’t been played for a while. They clearly practiced it and it shows. Recommended for sure if you want a standard but nearly nailed 3.0 Fluffhead. >

Piper: ugh, so damn good out of Fluffhead. I would’ve melted away, can’t get much of a better Piper placement than this really. Jam turns funky very quickly. Fish absolutely rages here, great playing. Short jam but very dark and effects-heavy, not bad at all. Definitely not standard. Transition into Steam is great, perfect tempo match and continues the same dark funkiness. >

Steam: standard. Nice piano outro from Page.

Wading in the Velvet Sea: standard. Earned.

Harry Hood: awesome choice for this set, but this is a very short and mundane rendition. As far as I can tell this is the shortest version of 3.0. What gives? Poor version.

Tweezer Reprise: this was definitely needed after that Hood.

Encore:

I Am the Walrus: woah! Big surprise, big bust-out - first since 2010. Great encore for a very good show.

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Overall: before listening to this show I was puzzled by the high score here - the setlist didn’t look too impressive really. Great example of how appearances can be deceiving and how you don’t need 30 minute jams left and right when the flow is on point. Set 1 is good clean fun, nothing out of the ordinary but great sequencing and constantly keeps my interest. Set 2 has some extremely solid microjams (and the show’s only real clunker in that Hood.) What really elevates this show though is the Divided Sky and Fluffed, both of which are up there with the cleanest, most passionate and shredded 3.0 versions - absolutely model exeamples of those songs. Obviously the encore is a big bustout and that’s cool too.

Overall I really enjoyed this show, happy to give it 4 stars on the dot (the current rating of 4.257 seems a touch high.)