It’s worth noting that more than a few people have been struck by the odd combination of loud and detached that characterized the Buick 6 opening sets. My first impression when I saw their warm-up in Austin was that it almost had the quality of watching them in a room by themselves. That isn’t intended a slam, just a description. I have to wonder whether it is more of a (US) West Coast thing to just show up on stage and play as if there isn’t an audience assembled to listen, as if the music is what is there, the musicians some invisible figures moving the sounds around.
Kent