Three debuts of new material on a tour opener tells me the band is feeling confident. This was further backed up by how tight they were pretty much right out of the gate. The new tunes were also really well played and, in the case of Shade and NMINML at least, played like they had been in the repertoire for a while. People may have gone to the pisser for Shade, but it was a highlight for me and I was completely blown away by the amazing funk interplay on NMINML. That was just just plain fun to listen to. On the topic of things that have changed with Trey since NYE, I wanted to note that his tone has changed for the better. It is much smoother than before. Whatever tweaking he did in his woodshedding sessions was much appreciated by these ears.