Photographed and written for Glide Magazine (wowzers this was a GOOD one!):
Anticipation was shattered the second song of set two last night. The highly hoped for notes of “Tweezer” were not simply teased as they were during the first set “Gumbo” but sent in a rather wild manner, catapulting the sold-out Bill Graham Civic Center into a frenzy that only “Tweezer” can bring. But that was far from the only highlight of last night’s fifth stop on Phish’s Spring 2025 West Coast tour.
A barnburner start-to-finish, the band came out swinging last night, extending the energy from the previous night and their stellar first three shows in the Pacific Northwest. “Simple” is as versatile as a Phish song gets. Sometimes clocking in at only a few quick minutes, other times acting as an extended jam vehicle for deep Type-II improvisation, being selected as the first song of the night signaled that it was possibly in the building once again. A loose Bay Area groove was swiftly built as the band left the typical song structure and stretched this one over the 11-minute mark.
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