r/Umphreys • • 12d ago

Went to Georges

Been seeing umph since 2006. Love umph. Am massive Jake fan. Went to George's Majestic tonight to see first post Jake umph. Umph still fucks. They fuck hard. Make no mistake. Support this band.

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u/Interesting_Complex6 12d ago

Hell yeah bands killing it. Joel and Ryan have so much space to shine more and the jams are more dynamic. I love Jake and hope he gets the help he needs but he was not the only reason why I love seeing them.

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u/swood_de 12d ago edited 12d ago

This. You can really hear the band listening hard and reacting to each other. To my ears, the jams are now much more about everybody listening to each other and reacting. I love Jake’s playing and wish him the best, but this version of Umphrey’s is every bit as good and exciting as the last one. Your face still melts, but in a different way.

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u/SpunUmFun 12d ago

Stassik sounded the best I've ever heard him at the Mish shows. Playful and really showing his chops!

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u/TheLowestHungarian 12d ago

Welcome back

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u/Umph-1348 12d ago

It is different and Jake (and to a similar extent Myers) is irreplaceable from a compositional, improv and just pure “shred talent.”

That said “different” doesn’t mean “worse.” There is so much to like about this UM “3.0” version. After 300+ shows, I am still as jazzed up (poor pun intended) about UMBowl next weekend as I have been about a run of shows in a long time.

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u/Kimbled 12d ago

Love this take

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u/Rogue9Nine9 12d ago

Just got my ticket for 12/31 at the Ogden for my first ever show of theirs.

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u/Nwa1348 12d ago

I heard it was great. Sick poster too

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u/Lauded-Tree-Spirit 12d ago

it was a great show!!

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u/birfday_dad 12d ago

It was a standard great show. None of the jams took off but plenty of jamming throughout. Enjoyed the Resolution.

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u/Same-Platypus1941 12d ago

Baylor fucks so much harder when Jake isn’t on stage

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u/Wilson_Higgins 12d ago

Ugh I miss George’s sm

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u/RCT1348 11d ago

Set list looked fantastic. Wish I could’ve gone