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HarborSeal Lovely review. Thank you! I chime in with my own thoughts:

My quicky impression: first set was very good. Mike and Fish laid down an absolutely thunderous foundation through the whole set; the feeling they are creating is just driving. The jams in Mike's and Cities were both quite good, esp. the major key portion of Mike's. Divided was good, so-so in the composed section but they brought it home nicely. I quite liked the Well. This might be re-arranged a bit? I haven't listened to every version, but compared to the 2023 versions, it sounded up tempo, with Page leaning on synths rather than the baby grand. Daniel was a treat, Taste stunk (love the song but they did not nail it), and Paug had a terrific little jam--I'd actually say this is one of the stronger versions of the last few years.

The meat of the show was the second set. NMINL, Fuego, Golden Age was over an hour of magnificent Phish. Trey was more on point from the get-go, and Mike and Fish are playing as powerfully as I have heard them in many years. No Men was explosive and blissful, Fuego was a mind-bending psychedelic journey, and Golden Age was the jam of the night. I thought it was going to wind down after about 15 minutes, but they band just hit on a major key theme and tore the place down. It would take some more listening, but it should compete with 10/28/16 as the best version of this song Phish has ever played.

Coil after some banter was a nice cool, and over 70 minutes into the set, I was ready for the band to walk--I find set closing Coils beautiful--but Sand and Zero put a nice exclamation point on the affair. Life Beyond, First Tube made for a nice yin / yang encore.

Amazing show. I cannot believe how good this band is right now. By my lights, they are playing better now than at any time in 3.0: they have been on a absurd hot streak since 2023, and the Mike and Fish are playing maybe as powerfully as they ever have. Looking forward to one more show tonight, and some couch tour during the rest of the summer.


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