A 12 min Soul Planet to open set 1. Hell yes. An interestingly chill and
patient jam on this!! Worth a listen! Very unique!!! Even get some cool
synth work from Page.
Genuine Type 2 in the first song!!! Must hear!!
Pretty sick!
And then a screaming through space 2001 in slot 2?! Decent jamming on it as well. Great stuff!
And then hot damn, that slide right into 555 out of 2001 was friggin cash money....Great call!!!!
555 has serious legs and turns in a gnarly, dark reading. A truly excellent version
Then we get derailed with a just ok Farmhouse for no reason before terrific Halfway to the Moon picks us up
Then....Waste. Huh?!?!
Waste is, thankfully, terrific on all fronts and worthy of its place.
My Friend is next...
Myfe is Myfe. Good, but nothing special in the slightest
Then Maze comes along and does its thing, turning in a pretty strong
reading that is as close to perfect as you can get from 2018 Phish.
Great stuff!!!
Then...oh boy...a friggin 18 MINUTE Gin to close the set!!! Where the hell did this come from?!
Gin is interesting, but it cant decide what direction it wants to
pursue. This leads to some clashing, unsettling sections before landing
upon the rocking bliss jam we expected, before sliding sideways into
funky darkness....
Its all over the map and a little awkward, lol
The funk jam is very 2021...the last 5 or 6 minutes of this Gin are outstanding
I wont call this a masterpiece, but it was great overall. A+ for effort 
Worth it to note, despite the slow songs, this set is not chill. It
feels slightly "relaxed" compared to night 1, but when they are rocking,
they are going hard.
Purely based on the PLAYING as opposed to the set selection, I feel no
shame in stating this is the better first set, for sure. Sure, night 1s
first set rocked, but it was also very "rote". Energy does not equal
greatness, ya know?
Wolfmans was terrific, but otherwise, nothing in that set was remotely
special from a playing standpoint (though KDF almost got there). Not a
knock, just interesting to compare the two.
Disease-Crosseyed-Scents
Holy crap
Disease was 14 gloriously dark and sinister minutes. Felt like a 20 min
Carini instead. Gordo even busted out the drill for a minute or two!!
Genuinely scary type II
Unfortunately they stop it dead in its tracks, but thankfully they
launch into a killer Crosseyed that has several fantastic type II
minutes of funky wonkiness.
It hits a natural, budding bliss point and Trey takes the moment to shove in the Scents lick.
A for effort - there are way worse spots to cram it in.
Scents has a great kinda rhythmic jam. Very classic rock, lots of piano.
Then they riff off of Run Through The Jungle before tossing in some
Crosseyed teases.
Somehow it then morphs into a full blown Party Time jam!!!!!!!!! Dude, this is a RIOT!
Very cool little underrated Scents!!! Not the psychedelic monster you expect - give it a go and youll have a friggin blast!!!!
Following Scents, we get bar burner Type I readings of No Men and Boogie On before a great Hood.
Set 2 of 10 23 was genuinely next level. That was one of the best sets
of the year - easily in the top 7 or 8 ive re-heard so far
Set 2 of 10 24 is excellent, but its a totally different beast. It goes
deep in spots but this is a "party rager" set instead of the grand
mythical odyssey from night 1.
Any show would be lucky to have a 2nd set as strong as this - thats saying a lot.
Harry Hood
Terrific reading with tons of "extraneous" playing from everyone. A
Party Time jam here, a kille wah/clav solo there, etc. Eventually
building to the pounding, piano led peak.
Seriously, this is an outstanding Hood. Dont sleep on it!!!!
Antelope to close
All in all, I understand the argument that Night 1 is better, but on the
whole, I really feel set 1 of 10 23 was lacking while set 2 was
mind-blowing.
But 10 24 felt much more like a complete, whole show experience, ya know?
Similar shows but also quite different. Both are WELL worth your time
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