Phish - July 20th, 2025

> from "Horn". A strong version of "Reba" for the era, featuring outrageous play by Mike and Fish. Trey whips up a frenetic ending before the band stops on a dime.

Gorgeously nimble and focused play moves through several sections including an atypical atonal break down in which Mike hints passingly at klezmer as Trey eventually navigates by way of some seemingly Hendrix inspired licks to an exciting and massive, rocking conclusion before > "Sparkle".

Trey's off kilter pedal play casts the now common intro into a uniquely new and sinister light that gives way to a lush, layered, and well balanced conversation steeped in swirling synths and accented by melodic exploration that grows more contemplative even as it picks up steam and heads toward a slick segue collision with an even more exemplary "Twist".

-> from "Scents". Another big version comes late but is far from perfunctory, signaling here a willingness not just to sustain but to push the improvisational conversation both horizontally and vertically, widening the vocabulary and drawing from a deep well of inspiration that eventually launches the jam into the stratosphere. Glorious.