Last night was my kind of show, and I'll tell you why.

1999 opener to start things off (the first time they played it without a gimmick, fun fact) immediately followed by Fluffhead and the hype was off the charts for this motherfucker. And then Fluffhead starts getting out there and Trey lays down the funk siren like it's 1997 again!?!?! Hell yeah! The Fluff jam trucks along going in lots of satisfying places, and gives way to Saw It Again, which is as evil as it should be. An amazing opening sequence. Leaves gets its second Type 2 version and quickly goes into a patient segue into BOTT. Taste made me extremely happy, being one of my all-time favorite Phish songs, and this version was a definite improvement over MPP's.

And then, the crutch to many. Petrichor makes its return for the first time since COVID hit. I don't care. This was a good spot for it, and it was well played. You can tell by how much they were soundchecking it the extent of them wanting to get it down, and it payed off. If you let it ruin the entire show, then well, that's on you. Coil then comes bringing a gorgeous close to the end of the 1st (was also super excited, Coil being my favorite set closer ever).

Set 2 opens with the first #L since 2011. And it's pretty good. Just like Fluff, it goes through a bunch of satisfying places until a great transition into Maze. Maze tears it up, probably the best one I've heard all year, and then we get to the song of the night for me, this Mr. Completely. Wades through the darkness (shoutouts to Page), then ascends to the light by way of a Crazy Train tease, with an excellently executed return to the song and a big rock ending. Immediately has become one of my all-time favorite versions of the song.

4th quarter keeps it up despite looking weird, with Roggae and ATR being some of the best versions I've heard of those songs in a hot minute (ESPECIALLY ATR), then Waves does its thing well before slamming right into Undermind (I'd like to think they were tributing 8/15/11). Phenomenal Undermind, and it closes the set especially well for a song that doesn't close sets (outside of that famous one we all know). Trey takes an especially long time introducing the band (he even said "I'm Trey, I play guitar" again!), and a solid Blaze On encore sends us home.

It really might not look like that much, but personally, Phish absolutely killed it last night, and is one where I would highly advise playing back again if you're skeptical. Just don't let Petrichor ruin your whole night, ok?