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Last weekend Phish brought their musical bag of tricks to Great Woods for two sold-out shows. The band has been on the road since the beginning of April, just after the release of its most recent album Hoist. With Hoist, the band made a conscious attempt to explore the studio as a mode of creativity. Unlike their previous albums, the material for Hoist had never been played before an audience--the idea being that the songs would grow to maturity in the studio instead of onstage...
...first time I saw Phish, they played in the dining hall of my boarding school four years ago. There were probably two or three hundred people there and they blew mind. I'd never even heard of them before that night. Over the next few years I saw them at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, and at other venues of comparable size, so the idea of seeing them headline two weekend nights at Great Woods seemed, in a selfish way, to be some-what of an invasion of privacy. When you find a relatively unknown band that you really...
Like the first set, Phish opened their second set at full tempo with the title track from their 1993 release Rift. (which, like the pieces from the Game-henge saga, fit into a greater conceptual whole). "Sample in a Jar," from their most recent release Hoist, provided one the most compelling jams of the night, refuting the often-heard claims that the band has sold out to the record industry...
...rather go to bed/with Gabriel Garcia Marquez.' Cuddle up with William S. Burroughs, Leave on the light for bell hooks." There's also an ode to the e-z recliner chair, "The Lazy Boy," and a cover the "Spiderman" song. These guys even top the diversity of Phish, with a song about Morpheus, Greek god of sleep--in French no less...
Moxy Fruvous is a very intelligent outfit. This album takes many chances, and will not appeal to everyone's ear for folk-pop. They are much more than an acoustic Phish, let it be clear. Their excellent arrangements, not to mention the cleverly-written tunes, stand out, as do the sharp, strong vocals. Stay tuned for more visits to the environs of Bargainville...