“You pay for your seat,” Henley helpfully reminds. “Sit in it.”

Their unique interplay fired favorites like “Don’t Stop,” “World Turning” and “Think About Me.”

‘Mother Stump’ covers a lot of ground, with Harrison’s blues-inflected progressive jazz guitar as your guide.

“There were odd moments,” he admits, “where I became conscious that things might implode.”

Battles hears no formal divide between the avant-garde and the mainstream. I wish more bands felt the same way.

Davison has taken on a more creative role since replacing Benoit David.