Last night, the jamtronica juggernauts of Lotus finished off a two-night run at Brooklyn Bowl featuring support by Square Peg Round Hole. As of late, Lotus has been bringing their A-game to their performances, and this past Brooklyn Bowl run was no different. With an extended first set, the band gave their transitions both across and within songs the proper treatment, opening with “Bellwether” segued through to “Shimmer and Out” and then the beloved old-school numbers “Philly Hit” into “Hammerstrike”. Following a standalone “Cold Facts”, Lotus accelerated to the first set’s finish with a massive, frenetic combination of “Arupa”, “Comptroller”, and a final return to “Bellwether”, making the first set sandwiched within the tune.

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Set two was similarly fiery, with the group offering up “Bubonic Tonic” into “Rà-àkõ-st”, a Lindstrom cover from the band’s now-legendary “Space Disco” Halloween show from Town Ballroom in Buffalo, New York, on 10/29/2016. From there, following a standalone “Wooly Mammoth”, the band hit “I’ve Been A Fool (Toy Guns)” from their recent release Eat The Light ahead of the set closing combination of “Futureworld” into “128” (the band forewent “In The Bliss”, which was listed on the setlist for the night, most likely due to time constraints after their particularly long first set). Returning for encore to close out the night in full, Lotus laid out a perennial crowd-pleaser, a cover of The Brothers Johnson’s “Strawberry Letter 23”.

You can check out photos from last night’s Lotus show below, courtesy of Andrew Scott Blackstein.

Setlist: Lotus | Brooklyn Bowl | Brooklyn, NY | 11/4/2017

Set One: Bellwether > Shimmer and Out, Philly Hit > Hammerstrike, Cold Facts, Arupa > Comptroller > Bellwether

Set Two: Bubonic Tonic > Ra Ako St, Wooly Mammoth, I’ve Been A Fool, Futureworld > 128

Encore: Strawberry Letter 23

Stay tuned for audio of Lotus’s show last night, but while you wait, check out Matt Moricle’s audience recording of night one of Brooklyn Bowl!

Lotus, Brooklyn Bowl, 11/3/2017

[Audio: Matt Moricle]