I grew up in the area, so the fact that they were excited to play Weekapaug (named after a town located only a few minutes away from my parents’ house, which is my very convenient lodging option tonight) meant a lot to me! I loved that they acknowledged the song’s origin story in such a special...
"The Curtain" in the First Set.
"With" in the Second Set.
This is the way.
Don't rob us of another set list thing, .net overlords.
The way you did the rating system...
And now reviews have to be a certain length? This whole place has gone to pot...
WTF happened to .net?
I remember...
Tonight was full of new material and amazing energy to counteract the “washed up nostalgia act” connotation of playing at a casino. So we can get back to what matters most: wooks on acid playing roulette. The segues were incredibly smooth, the jamming was fresh and, at times, evil. Best show of...
SET 1: Energy -> Weekapaug, Moma, Maze -> Lengthwise -> Maze, Petrichor, Things People Do > Sample, Gin
SET 2: Soul Planet -> Wider -> Undermind, The Final Hurrah, Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1, Ghost -> BOAF, Waste > Golgi
ENCORE: Foam, Contact, More
One of the beautiful things about...
Several times during this show I straight up lost my shit..The first set is tight and psychedelic. The second set is looser and has some incredible segues. There's great jamming across the board!
Stash is well executed and has a nice bubbly jam, and this Wingsuit is absolutely glorious. Limb...
Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1 is almost certainly going to be a litmus test jam going forward - people dislike the song, and people will dislike the gnarled and *weird* 1994-invoking jam that comes from it, and that's totally fine. If this was a one-off, that's totally fine, too. If it...
I had an extremely good time on the floor! Energy > Weekapaugh gets it started and are cleverly jammed. This Maze
is extremely psychedelic and at times scary. A double shot of Gin ends the set.
Trey takes Soul Planet by the reigns and shreds his way to victory. Undermind and The Final Hurrah...
I’m new and never left a review here. I’m a new phan and 7/9/2016 was my first show in Hartford. I digress. The show that I saw tonight is the reason why I go to Phish. The fact that the last two times I got to see my favorite band in my home state and they burn it down the way they do is...
Listened to this one from home...
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First set was great. Energy was a nice surprise and segued beautifully in Paug. Moma (or "momma", as the dude at sirius said) is always welcomed. Maze, Lengthwise, Maze was a highlight. Petrichor is one of my favorite's of the newer tunes....
I was listening in my car for a drive from NY to DC and there was many moments of sheer jubilation. This show is definitely a top show for 2019 and I am shocked it is not rated higher. The first set was fun with many highlights but Set 2 as always is where the meat is. I just want to note how...
An absolutely stunning piece of psychedelic music, almost akin to free jazz at times, that touches on nearly every mood imaginable in Phish's improvisation and a few not imaginable in Phish's improvisation. Exceptionally deep and must-hear.
Anchoring an improv-heavy set 2, this big-time "Kill Devil Falls" utilizes the
consistency of its double-time rhythmic launchpad, allowing for the Phish
textural machine to intensify and grow in density. Colorful ambient
synthesizer textures coupled with Trey's seemingly endless bevy
of melodic ideas dress the freight train that is Mike and Fishman’s rhythm
section attack, eventually leading back to the "KDF" ending, and charging
into "Carini".
The jam breaks into a really cool, "Caravan"-like (Duke Ellington) or "Spanish" minor mode jam section at about 8:00, which continues for several minutes and grows increasingly intense and includes a fleeting "Manteca" tease by Trey as well. This tension-filled playing winds its way back to "Stash" proper by 11:30, concluding a terrific version.
"Wingsuit" is one of those songs where, when Trey's tone, texture, and phrasing align, there is no place you would rather be than somewhere upon this planet, listening to Phish. This is one such version. The band's accents are perfect, but Trey dominates, suspending animation and creating a sort of breathless relief, wonderful peaks punctuated by Fish's impeccable percussion.