2012-07-07 SPAC II

The Live Review

7/7/12 Set One: Show opening with Grind. Gotta love those a capella show openers.

Possum is the first instrument-ed song of the show.

Trey is going nuts here. Will probably be another all-Type I summer lawn show, but at least he's FREAKING BRINGING IT early.

Set is proceeding apace to be a typical summer '12 first set, but I'm enjoying it more than usual for some reason. Song selection, maybe?

The hits keep coming (in a good way)! Mini plinko-esque breakdown in Cities is the highlight so far.

Really rad -> Maze from Cities jam.

Peaches En Regalia: setlist selection A+

Nice, patiently building rock jam in the Gin.

Damn, Trey is going to TOWN.

And an awesome set one closes out with a shredtastic GTBT.

 

7/7/12 Set Two: DWD opener.

Trey teasing Blister in the Sun in the jam.

Band going all in on the tease. Trey singing lyrics now.

Full verse/chorus from the song, then -> Disease jam. Awesome.

Manteca-like jam now.

Short(ish), but really excellent jam after the Blister tease. Boogie On is next.

Eerie looping jam in Boogie On. Loving this. The band is showing a willingness to be weird musically in this show that's been missing for most of the summer so far.

-> Golden Age!

Mini space jam out of Golden Age -> 2001.

That was a short, but really neat and legitimately jammy take on 2001. Number
Line next.

Blister in the Sun jamming in Number Line!

Caspian follows Number Line with a really mellow, bass-and-piano-led jam.

Loving this.

-> Scent of a Mule. I know that sounds weird, but it makes sense.

Blister in the Sun jamming again during the Scent jam. Trey singing the lyrics now.

Band weaving Blister in the Sun and Scent of a Mule together now. So good.

Mike's Song. Lots of Blister in the Sun teasing throughout.

Some teasing in Contact and Groove as well.

Set two ends with one more tease.

Sabotage encore. That seems right.

That second set/encore was fantastic. No huge jams, but great flow and a lot of fun experimentation throughout. I've been struggling through a lot of these early 2012 shows, honestly, except for a few bright spots. This was definitely one of them.