Random, Spontaneous Thoughts about UM (Part Pee)

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8731

Yeah, Kris had to go.

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8732

I’ve dabbled a little more this afternoon and agree with you on the overall quality of the boards. That may be what’s holding me back from loving this iteration of the band.

I’m listening to 10/24 Plunger. It really felt like they were about to nuke this into outer space around the 11:45 mark. Instead it kind of fizzles out. They sort of recover and salvage a nice peak at the end but yeah, i get blue ballsfrom listening to everything with Zwang so far. Love the patience. Appreciate the effort (felt like the last few years this has been lacking). Just hope that Zwang is capable of driving the band at some point.

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8733

I think you hit it dead on. Scotty is a groove drummer. He’s got chops but doesn’t flaunt them. Sometimes with Kris I felt that he was trying to fit too much into every moment, even if it amazed the hell out of me. Every once in a while I just wished Kris would lay back and just groove for a moment. His style fit Umphrey’s ADHD. However, the last show I listened to (11/7), the groove just felt good, and you could tell the rest of the band is happy to have that.

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8734

I agree. I like the patient jamming but the ability to take it to “11” is missing. That’s something that Kris did so well it was unbelievable at times. I hope Scotty can get to the point where he feels comfortable taking more chances and going for it more.

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8735

Thank you for articulating this, being able to do both is super hard apparently.

@cshore Kevin is a fucking mutant, he is very good at doing both consistently.

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8736

Legit starting to become one of my favorite drummers in this shitty little scene

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8737

I think Zwang will get there with more shows under his belt. I just know that I’ve been enjoying the Zwang era so far

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8738

Someone described his drumming style as, fitting 5 pounds of shit in a 1 pound bag, and it made sense to me.

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8739

Exactly, the biggest learning curve I saw in the August run and weed fest show was transitions back into songs. But that’s something learnable and he’ll get there. Haven’t spun alot of recent stuff but really excited about the Chicago shows and the Madison>first Ave shows

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8741

What’s the short list? I’m assuming Hawaii is on there.

8742

Pretty sure HI and Wyoming are the only states they haven’t played.

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8743

It’s a shame cuz that means they’re for sure doing some Hawaii garbage when really I’d love to go camping and climbing and see them in Wyoming

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8744

super stoked for some hawaii garbage. it probably conflicts with my wife’s teaching schedule

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8745

Definitely Hawaii. Why(oming) would he hype the other state?

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8746

Wouldn’t

8747

Expecting fans to pull off a resort run in Mexico and Hawaii is a little social economically tone deaf.

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8748

I bet it’s Wyoming. Maybe this is Joel’s way of teasing the WC tour dates drop tomorrow.

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8749

Definitely, they should just stop touring

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8750

skiing options would probably have the band hyped (more than the fanbase probably)