here\'s klout\'s review. ::jumps out of 3rd story window::
I will just come right out and say best show I have ever seen. I could split hairs and over-analyze it I am sure but with this show fresh in my mind and the level that they played at last night I am happy to call that the best fuckin bfast show I have ever seen.
I am also fine with shows like this not being taped. The very best shows I have ever seen have always been untapped upstate masterpieces. Just the way it goes. Live for the moment and do not miss upstate shows!!!
Both sets last night I felt had real distinct and noticeable feelings and unfoldings to them, like watch an epic movie or something. The first set had a strange but delightful off-the-wall flow with totally unpredictable song selection, lots of type 2 jamming, and several amazing segues. I didn\'t think they stopped playing until after Tunage but maybe they did briefly. HLH>Tunage was one of the best segues ever. Sick opened up jams on both, must have lasted over 45 minutes between the two and I thought the set was def gonna be over after that but Octo garden was a cool 5 minute chill out after the Hard Luck Tunage Bomb but they couldn\'t end the set with that so they whipped out a wild pack and we got a little moshin in to close out what all in all turned out to be a very fun and rowdy but well played first set.
Quick set break and second set came back with a totally different vibe, at least in my mind, of ultra sleek tightness but with mad swagger and force to the jams with a bit of a darker edge. Just really in your face and hard raging throwdown but nice control and direction at the same time. I remember swearing best ever to myself during metro. STL was hands down the best I have ever heard. Completely out of the ordinary crazy journey through ridiculous places that song has never seen. Stash was nailed. The jam was really fierce and hard hitting, not what you expect at all but very thrilling. Owned everyone there. Queeb was scorching, all 31 minutes of it. Moobs was the perfect encore.
This was just one of those really special shows where all the little riffs and fills are noticeably amped up and tasteful, every note is played with a distinct higher intensity and zest, the jams go on and on but not wankishly at all until your asking what song is this and its hard to remember for a second because its just so far out there and so entrancing. The jams built up and peaked and played out on multiple levels like in 3-D or some shit I don\'t even know how to describe it properly. Whole notha level I guess you could say.
The immediate crowd was terrific. 50-75 people all hanging on every note, living and dying with all the peaks and valleys, and dancing and jumping and fist pumping and going crazy. Everyone just kept yelling out how sick it was all night or would just look at each others owned faces and know because it was just that obvious how bad the band was ripping up the fuckin stage.
Jordan was really on point. Hands down the most solid throw down I have witnessed from him since his return. Timmy was blazing in the afro wig all night. Adj was just his incredible consistent animal self that he is these days. D-Man fuckin ripped it as per too and with the sickest solo I have ever seen him play right in the middle of STL.
Its almost crazy how much this show is exactly what I wanted to see. I said on the way up I wanted to be surprised by the set list and not know what was coming but still get a few choice picks in. I just had a feeling that an upstate queeb was comin which I also mentioned before the show. I was also hoping ep2 because it had been so long and the same for tunage which had been almost six months for me. I was also just silently hoping for something amazing to happen musically and it did.
Anyway great to see everyone (especially the old school TRB members in the house!) and mad thanks and love all around. Go to every show possibly can, especially upstate!! See-ya in Canton!
-klout