I adore this first set.. A raging Limb that’s strong enough as a standard version to follow 12/3’s brilliance, a jammy Ya Mar that has Trey in a long rhythm duet with Fish, a bone-rattling Antelope, and a DWD that functions as a brilliant developmental jam towards the Big Cypress sound.. Sure it’s type I, but the build of Trey’s single note percussive loops and incredibly simple playing is so on point. Leaves a ton of room for Mike and Page, who’s doing the same kind of ambient-jazz chordal playing as the 12/3 Limb and 12/7 Halley’s. His piano work is so strong at Cypress, and as a longtime fan of this tour I’m somehow just noticing how strong it’s been in the lead up too, probably because his synth work gets so much attention in this era. He just plays at an angle across the other guys in this really smart and progressive way that I just find absolutely mesmerizing.
The second set has a weird flow cuz of the placement of the ballads, and the Sand isn’t possibly the “weakest” of the month (lol it still RIPS), but my god, the Piper. A raging take off that just blasts into an orbit. An absolute SpaceJam clinic. It develops really fascinatingly too, “peaking” after 16:00 with Mike developing a theme in a 5 beat phrase while the band plays in 4, almost taking a cue from some of Page’s piano approach from earlier this tour. Page swells in bigger underneath and Trey starts into these brilliant Fripp/Eno - No Pussyfooting cascades of sound. One of the defining psychedelic moments of the tour, along with the 12/11 Ghost and 12/16 Tweezer. What a band.
I adore this first set.. A raging Limb that’s strong enough as a standard version to follow 12/3’s brilliance, a jammy Ya Mar that has Trey in a long rhythm duet with Fish, a bone-rattling Antelope, and a DWD that functions as a brilliant developmental jam towards the Big Cypress sound.. Sure it’s type I, but the build of Trey’s single note percussive loops and incredibly simple playing is so on point. Leaves a ton of room for Mike and Page, who’s doing the same kind of ambient-jazz chordal playing as the 12/3 Limb and 12/7 Halley’s. His piano work is so strong at Cypress, and as a longtime fan of this tour I’m somehow just noticing how strong it’s been in the lead up too, probably because his synth work gets so much attention in this era. He just plays at an angle across the other guys in this really smart and progressive way that I just find absolutely mesmerizing.
The second set has a weird flow cuz of the placement of the ballads, and the Sand isn’t possibly the “weakest” of the month (lol it still RIPS), but my god, the Piper. A raging take off that just blasts into an orbit. An absolute SpaceJam clinic. It develops really fascinatingly too, “peaking” after 16:00 with Mike developing a theme in a 5 beat phrase while the band plays in 4, almost taking a cue from some of Page’s piano approach from earlier this tour. Page swells in bigger underneath and Trey starts into these brilliant Fripp/Eno - No Pussyfooting cascades of sound. One of the defining psychedelic moments of the tour, along with the 12/11 Ghost and 12/16 Tweezer. What a band.