Umphrey’s McGee rolled into Dallas last Friday for their annual April Texas Run.  They’re touring this spring in support of their eighth studio album, Similar Skin, due out June 10.   The album features several new tunes as well as some road-tested selections.  The new CD is a self-released and self-financed effort under the band’s newly created record label, Nothing Too Fancy Music. 

The first set opened with the intro, Bathing Digits, which flowed into 2^nd Self.  Next was Bridgeless, a track that has been played by the band since January 2004, and will appear for the first time in a studio version on the new album.  This segued into a 13 minute Booth Love.  White Man’s Moccasins and then No Diablo followed.  Red Tape into Glory and then a reprise of Bridgeless closed out a short but concise first set.

The second set started off with powerful Plunger which dropped right into The Linear, another tune from the new album.  Then, without a huddle, into Syncopated Strangers, which had a Norwegian Wood tease in the middle.  Next was Smell the Mitten and then a bust-out of Roundabout, which hadn’t made a setlist appearance in 51 shows....