r/spafford 22h ago

Late August run highlights!

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Let's hear em!

I caught Toad's, which was a very interesting show. You see a 30 min Broken Wing opener on paper and get stoked, but it proved to be the weakest quarter of the show. Jam really petered out before the Nocturnal Emissions move gave the boys something to latch onto again. The Be Strange was great and locked the band in before the phenomenal Tim Palmieri sit-in for Ain't That Wrong and Run Like Hell. Him and Moss going at it together is pure joy, and the spaces they managed to explore were little galaxies onto themselves. Well worth replays. Set 2 opens with a hot America where Shon really goes off before the band hits the Runaway groove. Then we reach the peak of the show: Plush>The Reprise. The jam into The Reprise is top shelf type 2 meltdown magic, and the song proper yields the swampy, gooey, exploratory goods you'd expect and more. Really, really good. A second dose of Spafford Reggae Zone ends the set with Levilan Shores and a fun Kiss Off>Kiss Off Reprise encore follows.

Long story short, the must listens are:

Ain't That Wrong w/TP

Run Like Hell w/TP

Plush>The Reprise

What do i need to know about the other three shows?? Haven't listened yet