, attached to 2022-07-16

Review by thegman335

thegman335 Well this is one of the best Phish shows I've ever been to. First part of the first set contained some good bluesy funky type I jamming, culminating in the groovy No Men's. Ocelot was actually a standout version with some very patient interplay that briefly led to a minor key jam unique for the tune. Reba was great and the ending for Axilla was stretched out a bit. Nice to hear them play around with that ending. Antelope peaked hard and led us to set break.

Sigma Oasis is growing on me as a song and the jam quickly got good, heading for ambient waters as Mike entered with a familiar bass rumble. Down With Disease arrived with a bang with fiery improv pushing the total length over 30 minutes. This jam was relentless and Fish was absolutely killing it at points. No weirdness or space in this one, just a rock and funk workout that got better and better. They followed up with a well placed What's the Use? that was pretty unique to my ear. It wasn't crazily jammed out or anything, but the band was playing around and varying the theme in a way I haven't heard from them before. They even extended the quiet middle section for a bit in a way that conjured up the early 90s silent jams. Fluffhead was well placed and pretty well executed save for a few flubs from Trey before Bundle of Joy. Twist was very fun and playful with a Sigma Oasis jam at the end (it never fully segued imo, Fish was playing the Twist beat most of the time). Overall, an incredible show with a well executed first set and an adventurous 5 song second set.


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