As an OSU grad and a local this was a great tour announcement to see. I set very low expectations which is always recommended, but sometimes leaves me hyped after any decent show. #14 for my wife, guess that’s my ‘crew’ these days. I’ll probably lean biased here but it’s easier for me to compare shows I attended to critique the final product. With that in mind, I liked this show better than Starlake or Dayton 23’ but not as well as 7/27/24.

Bag opener was a solid way to get started, standard version, crowd engaged. Roggae pretty standard too but a nice summer tune into VULTURES, YES! A personal favorite, played well enough for me and got me dancing to the ensuing funkfesty Martian Monster. I love a good Mike song and Mull got Mike firing on all cylinders as Trey pushed some groove based jamming into and back out of a major mode jam and stayed within the groove fighting off a blissy diversion. This was a killer jam that i had to revisit a couple times. Strawberry Letter / Undermind was ok, not a highlight. Petrichor is a beautiful composition probably never going to please fans but a first for me and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The band nailed the new crowd favorite Life Saving Gun to close a solid Set I
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Set II highs were Wave of Hope (not a must hear but a very solid version), Waiting all night, a totally slayed Piper(a must-hear if you love Piper) and above avg Loving Cup to close what i thought was a solid set II with a passable Q4. Love Mango /Antelope to close the encore and cap off a good show.

Not a top show in the context of 2025, my fav tour thus far since 2021, but I think it’s well worth a listen for anybody and the highlights will be well regarded.