, attached to 2024-08-31

Review by kingralph

kingralph I'll preface by saying that even a bad Phish show is still a good Phish show. And I'll also preface with saying it wasn't bad, but not necessarily good either. This show was like a rollercoaster with a lot of highs and a lot of lows. Setlist choice and flow/momentum had a lot to do with it. Songs felt out of place in this particular rotation they used. Energy was either really up (Loving Cup > KDF) and then really down (SOAM, monsters). I hate when they do this shit. Play an absolute banger then kill the vibe by playing a slow ballot. It was evident too as I heard mumbles and groans around me and saw people in droves going to take a piss break (SOAM, Monsters). Speaking of SOAM, what was up with that 3 minute part where it sounded like absolute chaos in the jam towards the end? I saw it on the looks of everyone around me like: "Is it supposed to sound like this?", "This doesn't sound good." People stopped dancing and vibing too. It was very bad on the ears and vibes. The encore was meh. Bug is a nice ballot and First Tube is always good no matter what. I give the show like a 3.4-3.8

I'm being nit-picky maybe because my expectations were high. But they should be since they are coming off 2 absolute bangers of shows. And I'm only critical because I love this band so much. I think that I traveled far and expected a lot is what let me down. It was still fun, it was still Phish. But I wish they did better in the setlist selection and jammed more songs out in the 2nd set.


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