Last night at the Aggie Theatre in Fort Collins, Umphrey’s McGee debuted some of the material from its new Mantis release. The group offered up a version of ‘Turn & Run’ during the first set and ‘Spires’ during the second. Then Umphrey’s emerged for its encore to deliver a segue from ‘Preamble’ into ‘Mantis.’ UM may well bust out out additional Mantis material tonight at the Boulder Theatre.

Meanwhile, in commemoration of Mantis, the USTORM Foundation is auctioning off a photomontage by cover artist Mark Blanchette. As the organization explains, ‘This hand created photomontage is number 1 in an edition of only 10 original works. It is titled, signed and numbered by the artist and the only piece in the edition that is also autographed by all 6 members of Umphrey’s McGee.’ The auction is now underway and will continue through this Sunday, January 25 at 7PM PST.