We were a bit spoiled last year with Trey's mega-prep for Fare Thee Well. Summer 2015 will likely go down as one of the peaks, and there are many. Summer 2016, maybe not so much, at least according to the early returns. But so be it. You're not always peaking in life. It seems like the band has pumped a lot of their prep energy for this tour into the new songs (writing and learning), vocals, and busting back out things that are generally more rare. Unfortunately the jamming cohesiveness has suffered some as a result, but to blame dissension in the ranks or whatever, I think is just being reactionary. I have listened to a large chunk of tour from the couch, and while the music isn't always hitting meaning of life territory like I like it to, they are definitely into it, smiling, having fun, and playing from the heart. That it isn't fully clicking yet is merely circumstantial. One more thing... I've been following these guys since 91 and never let anyone tell you that flubs are something new. Flubs have always been there. That's a non-issue. (although to be fair, Summer 2015 had a very low flub count)