On the second night in Portsmouth, the song selection partially saves the first set. There's a exceptionally well-played "Gin" opener, and the rest is pretty by-the-book. If you love "It's Ice," "Mountains in the Mist," "Meat," "Yarmouth Road," and "Guelah Papyrus" like I do, you'll enjoy it. If not, it's just another first set.
The second set starts off with another monster "Fuego." This one goes the darkness-funk route, sounding almost like an old-school TAB trio jam for awhile before making a break for rock-bliss-woo territory. It's a great addition to the jammed-out "Fuego" collection. "Meatstick" gets extended into a funk jam which segues nicely into a "Piper" funk jam. Sort of like the through-theme of the 7/18 show or the 8/31 show, all these songs hang on the funk and it's a great run of songs for it. "Piper" eventually gets loopy and weird, and then lands in "Billy Breathes," which just makes my goddamn day. The rest of the set is jamless, but there are still some gems: "Seven Below," "First Tube," and a "Lizards" encore. All in all, some excellent jams and continued song selection make this an excellent set and more than makes up for the lackluster first half.
7/30/14: Second night in Portsmouth. Gin opener.
7/30/14: Pretty swanky Type I jam emerging here.
7/30/14: Devotion gets nicely extended with a Dead-esque jam.
7/30/14: One of the better live Yarmouth Roads by Phish there.
7/30/14: Early Guelah Papyrus is a nice setlist surprise.
7/30/14: Alaska is Alaska. Another cool funk breakdown in It's Ice.
7/30/14: MOUNTAINS IN THE MIST
7/30/14: I sort of like this song in case that wasn't obvious.
7/30/14: Mellow Mountains jam > Meat. Loving the setlist here.
7/30/14: They threw a Stealing Time at me just because I said that.
7/30/14: David Bowie, presumably to close the set.
7/30/14: Nothing really interesting or weird in this Bowie, but Trey leading the way in a solid Type I version.
7/30/14: Bowie has been a bit of a slacker this summer; this is one of the better versions. Still trouble getting to the peak, though.
7/30/14: If they'd nailed the Bowie, this could have been an exceptional S1. As it is, still quite good. Nice song selection, solid playing.
7/30/14: S2 kicks off with Fuego. I'm still not sick of this song.
7/30/14: Early on, Trey is playing with the Fuego riff to great effect.
7/30/14: Turn to evil darkness funk on a dime at 9:00.
7/30/14: Fish playing a big role here. Like where this is going.
7/30/14: Page on clav now.
7/30/14: This is almost like a TAB jam. But with Fish on drums.
7/30/14: Late in the jam, Trey pulls a happy little riff out of the air and suddenly everyone's in almost-woo mode.
7/30/14: That last bit didn't get developed much. Fade out now, > Jibboo.
7/30/14: Don't think I've heard a crowd cheer that much for Jibboo since the early 2000s.
7/30/14: MEetStACk
7/30/14: Meetstack takes an immediate left turn into a filthy funk jam. Nice!
7/30/14: Mike teases Fuego riff in the funk jam.
7/30/14: Big build now.
7/30/14: Sort of weird segue into Piper. Jam was fading out, though.
7/30/14: Piper goes straight back into the funk. This set is reminding me of 8/31.
7/30/14: This jam sounds like a Maze jam now.
7/30/14: Trey's doing some seriously wild and cool stuff with loops in this jam.
7/30/14: Another late-jam turn into bliss space, thanks this time to Page's organ.
7/30/14: Fadeout lands in Billy Breathes! One of my absolute favorite #phish rarities.
7/30/14: Seven Below! It's like they're reading my personal greatest hits list.
7/30/14: Staying Type I, but great work from Trey. Might also just be the EQ, but Mike is dominating on the last few songs.
7/30/14: Right into Waste, which is nice.
7/30/14: Number Line. We're getting an excess of lyrical schmaltz here at the end of the set. Not that I mind, really.
7/30/14: Trey is powering the Number Line jam with that high-powered strumming he's been using in this song lately.
7/30/14: First Tube is getting more play lately. Good to see.
Gonna take another review vacation soon. Gotta relisten to the Island Tour. it's been too long.
7/30/14: A Lizards encore is the best encore.
7/30/14: Probably sacrilege, I know, but I might like this second set better than 7/27's.
7/30/14: Great centerpiece jam, consistent funk theme throughout the first half, great song choices, solid finish, no slacking on any song.
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