The second set, however, was a different story. Trucker’s Choice is about as fun a song as they have in their repertoire, and the jam got off to a fiery start. The entire segment to follow was spectacular Biscuits; a tight, focused jam out of Shimmy before they gracefully made their way into Bombs, a song that while silly invokes serious improvisation. The rest of the set was well played, with excellent song selection including I Remember When and the fan-voted encore, Therapy.
Set 1: Jam > Floodlights > Little Betty Boop1 > Munchkin Invasion2 > Basis For A Day
Set 2: Trucker’s Choice > Little Shimmy In A Conga Line >Bombs > The Great Abyss > Little Shimmy In A Conga Line, The Big Happy > I Remember When
Encore: Therapy
January 15 @ Ogden Theatre, Denver CO
The first night at the Ogden theater got off to a great start; 7-11’s long composition had the crowd ready for a jam, and the otherwise generic sounding techno jam got very interesting when they started teasing out the beginning of Floes. This was easily the highlight of this show; the Confrontation segment was good, but the entire second set was uninspired. Nughuffer is a great song, but Catalyst in the middle is like a big wet blanket. The set certainly could have used something to heat it up, instead of the stretched out, energy-sucking, noodling of Catalyst. Home Again in the encore was only redeeming factor. True redemption would have to come on Sunday. And indeed it did.
Set 1: 7-11 > Floes, Uber Glue, Confrontation > I-Man1 >Confrontation
Set 2: Mirrors, Nughuffer > Catalyst > Nughuffer, We Like To Party
Encore: Home Again
January 16 @ Ogden Theatre, Denver CO
While the jam out of Helicopters didn’t really go anywhere, the inverted Bernstein and Chasnoff was a real treat for everybody, with Brownstein’s slap funk juicing up the entire room. This set really began to heat up when they started to jam into Jigsaw Earth. Allen’s patience really showed here, all eyes on him as he controlled the beat and played the peak just as he should have, demonstrating restraint while being able to let loose at just the right moment. This was easily one of the best moments of the weekend.
The second set saw a very different breed of Biscuits; dark, jazzy and spacious. Deep cuts like The Tunnel and Sister Judy’s Soul Shack were serious crowd-pleasers, but the whole Save the Robots segment was tons of fun. Barber playing jazz is really where it’s at, and it got the whole room swinging. With an inverted Above The Waves in the middle of Save The Robots, it was the kind of old school segment many had been waiting to hear. Aceetobee to close the set, while short, was well placed. Spy in the encore slot left a lot appearing let down, but when they started up 42, it was apparent that all in attendance were in for a treat. The jam out of 42 and into the end of Helicopters was a glorious finale to a fun weekend for The Disco Biscuits in Colorado.
Set 1: Helicopters > Bernstein And Chasnoff1 > Svenghali2,Abraxas > Feeling Twisted > Jigsaw Earth
Set 2: The Tunnel, Save The Robots > Above The Waves1 >Save The Robots, Sister Judy’s Soul Shack, Aceetobee
Encore: Spy, 423 > Helicopters
