, attached to 2021-08-15

Review by yam_ekaj

yam_ekaj great show to cap off a really fun AC run.

the band is on fire with their first sets; all three in AC were dimes. the scents intro thing was funny--guess the band gave it to trey for ripcording it last night. one highlight of the set was the moma which fully jammed. outstanding version. listen to it. mikes also had a little extra sauce on it; i'd say above average version for modern era phish. another peak of the set was YEM. thought they were gonna save it for the encore but was proven wrong. trey absolutely shreds. like last night's reba, this was among the better YEMs ive seen.

set 2 was quality, but in my opinion not transcendent. carini was a magnificent jam, with a beautiful bliss section and some darker exploration. SYSF didn't go quite as deep as i expected, but it was still a solid (and very efficient at only 10 min) type 2 jam. sea of stars is a solid "cooldown" here and it led nicely into what i thought was the highlight of the set: piper. while we still didn't get the elusive slow build, this piper absolutely ripped, with the band really pushing the song's boundaries in a way that isn't typical of a 3.0 piper. rest of the set was pretty standard; i personally would have preferred if they had played just one of waves or simple and jammed it a bit more, but that's splitting hairs.

encore of fluff which, unlike some of the other classic songs this run (reba, CDT, YEM), was frankly not an exemplary version, but still always a joy to here. personally i would have preferred if they'd ended it with fluff, but more phish is more phish. BDTNL to send us home from a great run. can't wait for dicks.


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