Phish - June 20th, 2025

Mike and Fish maintain an aggressive bounce that provides a foundation for a quasi-psychic back and forth between Trey and Page who exchange shimmering melodies that build toward a peak that takes a brief and gritty detour into more exploratory ground before returning to the more customary close.

After two Set 2 openers for the price of one ("Bouncing" followed by "Sample"), the band gets down to business with the longest "LSG" to date. They take a minute to find their footing, but Mike takes the reins around 9:30 and things take off. Excellent, melodic play from Trey at 14:50 gives way to a full band onslaught. The jam winds its way to its ending and > into "Twist".

While remaining in "Twist" territory, the band slows the pace out of the gate. Straddling the line between "type one" and a wavering tonal drift for several minutes, a curious examination of the moment dominates. Little time is wasted before effects layer in, amplifying the mystique that helps to inform Summer 2025's sound. Momentarily, a juicy rhythmic section overlays the mist before this sound breaks for more sustain, "Get More Down" samples, percussive jolts of chaos, and a satisfactory climb into Trey-led rock whose quiet drop > into "Piper".