Phish - June 28th, 2025

Kicking off what has seemingly become a trend in 2025 of extended "2001" style intros, what we get here is the first truly significant departure from rote play since 8/16/97. A noticeably slower tempo in the "Landlady" section still slightly mars these modern outings but the relatively clean performance and extra love shown to the intro demand our attention.

Trey switches key for the jam, and the band responds accordingly. Around 4:10 Trey leans into, and repeats a phrase that works to serve as the foundation for a rockin', confident jam, which finds all four musicians contributing in equal measure. The return to "555" is somewhat abrupt, and leads to a clunky conclusion, but, overall, this is an exciting version.

A song very much of its time (check the excellent 12/29/22 debut). Perfectly at home between canonical "Reba" and nu-canon "Plasma," this is next generation material. No song > improvisation, the jamming is organic as play from any "Moma," inventive and musical ideas rising from the fabric of the structured material. Trey's strumming after the seven-minute mark sets off Fish and the play becomes forceful, ultimately leading to the fiercest play to date.

As yet another outsized, aquatic crimson portal opens up, the jam begins in a swirling rhythmic push. This platform remains steady until play breaks into spacier territory around the 11 minute mark. Mellowing space then forms up into darker territory, and oscillates back and forth between brighter and darker textures/moods. Then, the band begins another push towards an anthemic zone, executing a steady climb towards a bright-sized peak, before after-burning into introspective textural territory and > "Monsters".