O: Harps, Break Build Burn, Wax, The Oaks, Bubonic Tonic -> We Are Now Connected, Uffi, Through the Mirror, Lucid Awakening, Different Dream, Umbillical Moonrise, Flower Sermon
E: 72 Hours Awake, Bush Pilot, Age of Inexperience
Last Sunday afternoon after the Cowboys/Vikings game I drove to Decatur. I went with my friend Doc to The Canopy Club in Urbana. We ate a few slices of pizza at the place around the corner from the venue. The opening act Cosby Sweater despite their clever name was a bit of a letdown. They were turned up to 11 and their samples were basically them playing over top of other songs.
It was nice to see a show at The Canopy Club where it wasn't totally packed like its been in recent years for Umphrey's McGee. Lotus took the stage around 10:15. After a few new tracks they really opened things up during Wax. After a brief slowdown during The Oaks they dropped another jam during Bubonic Tonic which eventually became We Are Now Connected. Uffi is one of my favorite newer Lotus songs. Lucid Awakening is one I enjoy with its duck quacking samples in the intro. Different Dream had the hip hop sounds which I'm not a huge fan of. Umbillical and Flower Sermon was a nice older school ending to the set. I wasn't made aware that they were only doing one set. We got 2 hours and 25 minutes worth of music from them which is what you would get at a normal two set show. The encore was generous with them doing three songs. The finale being one that is always appropriate on a football Sunday, Age of Inexperience. "Dedicating touchdowns to Jesus". This was a fun experience. I feel like they continue to hone their sound and the improvisation was as good as I've heard from them. Thanks again to Doc for letting me stay at his place.
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