Set 1
The show opens with the quasi rare Strawberry Letter 23. Great pick! Very good version if ultimately inessential.
The following Sigma Oasis, however, is absolutely essential!!! 11
minutes long, this one feels incredibly inspired. Everyone is "in sync"
and its basically one giant nonstop orgasm. One of the top "peak
explosions" of the year. Absolutely terrific. A+++++. Wow!!!
After a super rare and well performed Peaches, we get another must hear
with Tube. Only 7 minutes, and treading most of the same ground as
Sigma, this Tube nonetheless turns in another positively INSPIRED
performance. It just FEELS amazing!! Must hear all day!!!
Theme follows suit and builds perfectly upon the high energy, inspired
playing laid down in Sigma and Tube. Trey is AWOL in his solo at first,
but eventually wales up and the song just friggin EXPLODES like I havent
heard in a while. Hot damn that was SICK!!!
Stash is 13 minutes tonight. Basically, its Theme part 2. Not terribly unique, but its SO goddamn powerful and explosive that it will just knock your socks off. My god.
A quick Train Song cools us off before a final trio of fire to end the set. Steam is, again, explosive. Trey absolutely dominates this poor song and delivers a DEVASTATING solo. Incredible.
Rift is another A+ version. Trey struggles ever so slightly with the
fast ascending lick, but other than that it is perfect and will have you
headbanging like a Slayer show!!!
The set concludes with a giant 16 minute Gin. Yet another full tilt
barnburner. Not much to say. Essential - its just SO kick ass...PEAK OF
THE MILLENNIA!!! RAGE IT!!! HOLY FREAKING CRAP HOLD ON TO YOUR
PANTS!!!!;
All in all....HOLY SMOKES!!!! Energy out the damn wazoo! This set
KILLED! The song selection was kinda boring but who cares when pretty
much everything knocks it outta the damn park. This was back to Sphere
2024 overkill jamming. If you want your face MELTED, this is the set for
you
Sigma, Tube, Steam, Stash, and Gin are all MUST HEAR and Theme is definitely worthy of a listen.
Set 2
The 2nd set opens with a quick 1-2 punch of Free into Sand. Both are too
short for their own good, but while Sand fails to fully ignite, Free
absolutely crushes. Not must hear, but this Free definitely deserves
praise. Played perfectly and molten hot. A+ little Free!
After Sand comes a big boy 18 minute Ruby Waves. Unfortunately, the
song itself and the peak finale are great, but for the rest of its
duration Trey cant seem to get out of the damn way and let the jam do
what it wants to do. Not a bad one, but certainly not must hear and also
incredibly frustrating....
Thankfully a magical, X Factor loaded Harry Hood brings it all back. Must hear.
Now the fun begins....
At this point Mr. Billy Strings joins the stage and they launch into a
massive 23 minute Moma Dance. Guitar histrionics and X Factor galore!
1,000 percent must hear - this is SICK!!!!!! 
Even more incredible is that it goes full blown type 2 for the majority
of its duration, moving flawlessly from hard funk to ambient bliss to
face melting peakage....The flow on this is unreal. This is one of the finest pieces of music Phish has ever been involved with. Incredible.
Basically, apply the above for Possum and ER. Both are 100,000 percent
essential. Possum even had friggin sweep picking.....Possum is
indescribably hot and ER is 15 minutes of blissful, raging, psychedelic
mastery at work. All hail our lord and savior X Factor Magic!!!!!
Throwing Billy a bluegrass bone, we get an awesome pairing of Nellie
Kane and Beauty before a typically destructive party Carini to end the
show proper.
All in all...jesus christ that was incredible!!! Dont forget the
Harry Hood, but you can basically trash the start of set 2. The Moma was
a TRUE all timer (not just saying that!), as was Possum and ER. Grab
those and Hood.
As a whole this show was kinda all over the place, but the highs were pretty spectacular.
Hot damn....
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