U-Melt triumphantly returned to their old stomping grounds last Friday and Saturday at the recently refurbished Sullivan Hall in NYC. In their first shows back since New Year’s Day, U-Melt started up where they left off by opening with Through The Prism - a song begun over two weeks ago during their residency in Boston.

Moving deftly through old favorites Marvin the Pussy, Air, and Folded, were placed the classic covers of Once In A Lifetime sang by keyboardist Zac Lasher and Cosmik Debris by drummer George Miller. Added to all this was the debut of a new tune: Twilight’s Song. Such tracks as Disclaimer/Disillusion segued into a hot Elysian Fields to end the second set. Finally, with the first night drawing to a close, the band sent the crowd dancing off into the night with the upbeat trance jams of Bubblehouse.

The second night can be summed up in three words: The Sullivan Palindrome. As a band known for dedicating an entire night to Frank Zappa or an entire set to Floyd’s Shine On You Crazy Diamond, to take six of their own songs and wrap them around each other in a Mobius strip or a palindrome is pure delight to any fan.

Read on for more of Jeremy’s review and amazing photos of U-Melt…

Clear Light > Panacea > Schizophrenia > Late July’s Lament > Green Paper Society > Kind Insight > Green Paper Society > Late July’s Lament > Schizophrenia > Panacea > Clear Light encompassed the entire second set. The crowd was floored with the transitions between Clear Light and Panacea, the electrifying jams of guitarist Rob Salzer, Adam Bendy’s bass solos during Kind Insight, and the darkness of Schizophrenia.

As U-Melt returns to the road with gigs alongside Umphrey’s Mcgee, the Ryan Montbleau Band, DJ Logic, and moe.; and with new songs being added daily to their repertoire, the future looks bright for this up and coming band.

Saturday, 3/29/08 - Sullivan Hall - New York, NY

Set 1: A Robbin’s Tale Part 1 (Marx Marvelous Moans) > The Eternal Groove > Sequel > Pura Vida*, Apostrophe > 415

Set 2: Clear Light > Panacea > Schizophrenia > Late July’s Lament > Green Paper Society > Kind Insight > Green Paper Society > Late July’s Lament > Schizophrenia > Panacea > Clear Light

E: Perfect World > A Robbin’s Tale Part 2 (The Odyssey of the Animate Inanimates)

Show notes: *First time played (Original).

Friday, 3/28/08 - Sullivan Hall - New York, NY

Set 1: Through The Prism* > A Portrait of Kismet > Question Matters, Twilight’s Song^, Once In A Lifetime > Marvin The Pussy > Air

Set 2: Missed > Ernest Funknine > Cosmik Debris > Escape, Folded, Disclaimer/Disillusion > Elysian Fields

E: Bubblehouse

Show Notes: *Finishes version from 3/13 and 3/20. ^First time played (Original).

Here’s some more photos from that magical weekend: