I think maybe the truly jaded vet would be looking for something a little harsher, but even so, I really appreciate your approach to this writeup. The negatives of a festival set like this need not really be harped on, they're kind of to be expected. So the equanimity of your recap here is appropriate.

I have to admit to a little disappointment that the set was so unadventurous, I think their more aggressive experimental stuff would probably have been more likely to win over some of the indie crowd, and I'm such a believer in Phish as a live act that I would have liked to see them win people over who were predisposed against them. Don't think this is the kind of show which could do that. A "safe" show is probably the most likely outcome of a festival appearance like this, but I'll admit to being a little disheartened that the Bonnaroo performance from earlier in the "comeback" produced more adventurous playing than this set over two years into the return.