Last night, The Disco Biscuits finished their three-night Colorado run with their second of two shows at Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium (following a Thursday performance at Boulder’s Fox Theatre). The band got started with the surprises right off the bat with “Bionic Helix”, a song comprised of a jam that used to appear in “Helicopters” in the band’s early days. That led right into a bust-out of “The Big Happy”, which in turn moved into “I Remember When” without missing a beat. After “House Dog Party Favor”, a well-played “Spectacle” moved into a set-closing “I-Man”, undoubtedly a highlight of the old school first set.

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The second set kicked off with an extended jam sandwich (though not as extended as the nearly hour-long jam that opened set two on Thursday), as the band rode heavy techno grooves through “Crickets”, into the 2nd “Lunar Pursuit” this year, and back out into “Crickets” to the delight of the packed house. The set only got stranger from there, as Jon “Barber” Gutwillig led the band through an out-of-left-field cover of “Same Ol’ G” by 90’s R&B star Ginuwine. Barber took the opportunity to play into a long-running joke with the band’s friends in Umphrey’s McGee. changing some lyrics to reference the incident when he fell asleep backstage at a UM show, and a photo of him was used for the Umphrey’s laminates on their next tour.

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The band ended their run with a fittingly over-the-top closing segment, as fake snow machines and blue lasers met to fantastic effect during “Floes” before a “Spraypaint” tease-filled cover of Pink Floyd‘s “Run Like Hell” closed the show in appropriately thrilling fashion. Finally, the Biscuits delivered one last surprise–a rare cover of the towering “In The Hall of the Mountain King”, Edvard Greig‘s famous late 1800’s orchestral composition, their first rendition of the piece since 7/10/04 (643 shows).

SETLIST: The Disco Biscuits | The Fillmore Auditorium | Denver, CO | 11/18/17

Set 1: Bionic Helix > Big Happy > I Remember When, House Dog Party Favor, Spectacle, I-Man
Set 2: Crickets > Lunar Pursuit > Crickets > Same Ol G > Floes, Run Like Hell

Encore: In the Hall of the Mountain King

[Cover photo via Dave Vann]