SET 1:

Kill Devil Falls: Pretty much what you would expect but I do like this in the opening slot, plenty of energy.

The Moma Dance: This is a great version. No canned bliss jams. Just funky and grooving, very good stuff. Recommended.

Ocelot: Trey actually rips this, takes it up very high!

The Wedge: Perfect placement.

Mull: Great jam here, surprised me for sure. Would absolutely recommend this version! >

Punch You in the Eye: Good placement! Not perfect but that’s ok. Keeps the energy flowing big time.

Sand: This just SMOKES! With the We Welcome You to Munchkinland woven in and out of it and huge peaks throughout, this is – without a doubt – an all timer. Exceptional Sand!

Rock and Roll: Standardly smoked if you will and a great cap to a fantastic first set. Bravo Phish!

SET 2:

Evolve: Oof.

A Wave of Hope: This one is sort of workmanlike to me. No signature moments or themes that captured my attention. ->

Simple: Tale of two cities really for me. I like how it starts off. Down and dirty with. You get some brief reverse reverb from Trey, love that. Even some old school loops at one point. Then it sounds like they are going to go into Sanity. From there it gets to this very organic, hose/bliss type of place for a couple of minutes. But from there, they really extend that bliss stuff and to me it just doesn’t feel natural. Forced and canned. But the last couple of minutes RULE – very eerie and dark – spacey and sparce and a KILLER transition into >

Fuego: Wish they would have found themselves in something else but oh well. This one doesn’t do much. ->

Chalk Dust Torture: They do all sort of cool stuff with this one. Played in different keys and some cool, weird/atypical themes. Would highly recommend! Lots of risk taking for sure.

ENCORE:

Wading in the Velvet Sea: Like this in this spot actually! Knowing there is another night to come especially. But Trey just strums through what should be his solo and there is absolutely no peak like this song was made for and deserves. Very, very meh. Lifeless.

Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S. – No comment really.

Summary:

Definitely an entertaining set two. All of it does not hit, but plenty of good stuff all the same. I like the body of work. For maybe the first time in all the 3.0 reviews I have done, I am higher on this show than the 4.255/5 rating currently on Phish.net. I was thinking 4.3/5 for my own personal rating. The first set is basically perfect. The second set was jammed the hell out – CDT really did it for me and Simple definitely had stretches that grabbed me.

Replay Value: The Moma Dance, Mull, Sand, Simple, Chalkdust Torture