[We would like to thank @Culture_Czar for recapping last night's show. He’s "a Birmingham local that you’ll find seeing all kinds of weird music shows at venues all over the Southeast." -Ed.]

It is often said that “comparison is the thief of joy” and while that may be a good life motto, it’s probably the best Phish motto. As cliché as the expression is, it was a good thing to keep in mind for Phish’s second night at Birmingham’s new Coca-Cola Amphitheatre. After Saturday night’s deep space jam fest, it was highly unlikely that Sunday would go that weird and that hard, but if you let go and surrender to the flow and take the show on its own merits, you were likely to have a real good time.

Sunday’s show opened with “Punch You in the Eye,” which has never disappointed anyone in the history of ever as far as I’m aware. It got folks locked in and in the mood for dancing after a long, hot Alabama afternoon. PYITE dropped into “Mike’s Song” and the crowd perked-up considerably hoping "Mike’s" in the two-hole of set one would be an auspicious sign of another epic evening. While the band had some nice interplay during the jam, it was still a bit laid back for my tastes.

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