--- The scent starts at the ID check! It's like walking into a giant truffle-free bakery.
--- “Comfort Zone.” The vocals are nearly identical to the album – nice. The sax is the star.
--- “Attention Span”’s jangly intro is an instant sell. “If you love reggae music, put your hands in the air.” I like the echoey interlude and reverb on "at-ten-tention span."
--- “We appreciate you all coming to the rescheduled show.” We appreciate you noticing.
--- “Good Vibes.” Meh. It underscores my single, serious reservation about reggae: it's pleasant. For something to be great, there's gotta be stakes. One of the one hand, it's chill -- nothing blows. On the other hand, nothing's blown my mind.
--- Really like the slow-down in the middle of “Wake Up Call.” THE SAX! Most varied -- the best so far.
--- “Lazy Afternoon.” Alright, a new approach: I'm gonna embrace the chill. I'm gonna take all the stress of this nonstop week, and let the music melt it away.
--- “Bump.” I like the tight, contained first few minutes and the extended, electronic middle.
--- Quiet, black intro to “Feeling Alright” is a definite improvement on the album version. The crowd's into everything: good for them.
--- “Bright Side of Life”! High energy, good beat, lots of crowd arm pumping.
--- Heh, a bunch of people in the crowd have actual circle caps and dreds.
--- Meh at this water-logged Little Mermaid intro.
--- Heh, apparently Trevor Mingo was right: “Safe and Sound” is popular.
--- “Lady in White.” Whoa, dark red lights, downbeat lyrics: love the contrast. Great hold on the last note: “try to walk awaaaaay”! By far the best of the night. Glad to find out the next day how much visiting Kyle Carlock also enjoyed it.
--- Another new one apparently. "De-Stress." The best part is...shocker...the sax.
--- "So High." Heh, there go the plumes. I'm far from Mr. Dubstep, so this is not my favorite version, but the plinky keyboard and trancy lyrics still make it stand out as their best song. I'm not endorsing the content any more than I'm endorsing Heisenberg's meth – simply commenting on the music.
--- Yay, straight happy music again. They earned it -- variety works! Heh, "Out Of Control" is so calming. Sax victory lap!!
Grade: B+
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