My Review:

PHISH, THURSDAY 02/22/2024
MOON PALACE
Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico

SET 1:

First Tube: Standard. >

Free: Standard.

Roggae: Standard.

Driver: Bust out!

hey stranger: Standard.

Gumbo: Standard. >

My Soul: Standard.

Birds of a Feather: This one totally and completely blew me away. The first few minutes of the jam are all happy and blissy. I thought, ok here we go again – same old Phish. Once that starts to wind down and then Trey hits upon the original theme of the song around 9:25 – it seems like they are going to wrap it up. No sir. They take it down this psychedelic wormhole. Tons of effects in here. Intense! By the late 14’s they sort of emerge from this and Trey touches on the original theme again. Ok, so this is it? Nope! This new sections starts off funky enough but after some time ramps into quite the power jam. I love that they ended this one properly and did not segue into something else. This version is an easy all timer and highly recommended!!!

Axilla (Part II) – This one gets that psychedelic craziness with tons of effects like that one section in BOAF. Super intense. I love this! Dark and evil along with a bunch of Shipwreck samples. Definitely not for the faint of heart. Big fan of this, easy all timer and highly recommended.

SET 2:

A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing: Like BOAF, this jam starts off in major mode – but that only lasts for about three minutes. From there this one is awash in effects and gets quite intense. Trey lays back for a good couple of minutes towards the end and Page puts together some nasty leads. Overall, this is a super consistent jam. Great way to open the set. Would recommend. >

A Wave of Hope: It takes a good, long while but eventually (14:30) you will find this one get dark and evil with lots of heavy, sinister effects. Very intense. Love the repeating riff that Trey hooks onto around 22:40, and eventually turns it into a theme that everyone else follows and plays along to. Brilliant stuff this deep into this jam. From approximately 25 minutes through the end – most of this just reminds me of the old days. Just a breezy, easy and chill wind down. It’s just beautiful. This jam is an easy all timer and highly recommended. >

Oblivion: Love how they managed to segue into this, it’s great. They continue with the dark and evil theme here in this jam. Nice and compact jam here. It does return to the lyrics and then into Tweezer >

Tweezer: By the 12 and a half minute mark they have managed to transport us into a deep hose jam that got there organically. Very good stuff and they bring it back to original ending, love love love that they are doing this more often. Would recommend. >

Tube: -> Runaway Jim > Tube: Woah, never saw that Jim coming – cool segue and transition. This is a short jam. They do bring it to its original ending but then deftly segue it somehow back into Tube. Very cool and creative this deep into set two. They easily could have given us some crap here but instead we get this – love it!

ENCORE:

Bug: Standard. >

Tweezer Reprise: Standard.

Summary: Absolutely awesome show, I love it. Two all timers. They really delivered the goods. More than happy to give this a 4.5 out of 5. It’s that good.

Replay Value: Birds of a Feather, Axilla (Part II), A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, A Wave of Hope, Tweezer

Driver was performed for the first time since July 30, 2021 (131 shows). Shipwreck was quoted in Axilla (Part II)
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