2012-07-06 SPAC I

The show's first set is another fun-but-light summer '12 affair, elevated slightly by some "tucking" antics, a few great covers ("Corinna," "Light Up") and a "Tube" > "Psycho Killer" > "Tube" sandwich. In the second set, "Carini" and "Sand" both get interested jam spaces that get truncated way too early. Fortunately, the later "Sally" > Jam > "Ghost" sequence is worth a second look.

The Live Review
7/6/12: Alright, it's been awhile, but now that school's back in session, I'm going to try t7/6/12: Alright, it's been awhile, but now that school's back in session, I'm going to try to get back into going r… https://t.co/dGJRfT29GB      
7/6/12: I'm not sure how well it will work due to my recently, weirdly decreasing interest in all things Phish, but… https://t.co/Iv7NcmFXMF      
7/6/12: Anyway, first show of the three-night SPAC run playing now. Runaway Jim opener.      
7/6/12: A very 2012 start to the show with Jim, Ocelot, Heavy Things, BOTT, Funky Bitch. That said, everything sinc… https://t.co/XSWMY8AxuX      
7/6/12: Tube next. Almost immediately, a segue into Psycho Killer.      
7/6/12: Full-ish take on Psycho Killer there in that Tube -> Psycho Killer -> Tube sandwich.
7/6/12: Here you go: https://t.co/543d0BzZ7i      
7/6/12: HYHU next. Trey singing Psycho Killer lyrics.      
7/6/12: Fish says 'You tucked it once, why tuck it again?!'      
7/6/12: Trey ends the song by yelling 'Why not tuck THRICE?!' Fish responds 'We're playing all the hits tonight, folks.'      
7/6/12: Always good to hear Paul and Silas.      
7/6/12: Corinna! This cover is the best thing about Phish 2012 so far.      
7/6/12: Light Up Or Leave Me Alone is back, too!      
7/6/12: End set with an extended Type I jam on Light Up.      
7/6/12: All told, it was a pretty fun, summery set. Also 17 songs and 90 minutes long. Set two opens with Chalkdust.       
7/6/12: After Chalkdust, Carini is the first real jam of the night. Trey soloing in a dark tone while Page adds organ chords.      
7/6/12: Fish changing up the beat to add some tension.      
7/6/12: Transition to a mellower space. Great melody playing from Trey.      
7/6/12: Second jam peters out pretty quickly. Segue into Sand.      
7/6/12: Crowd roaring during composed section of Sand. Not sure why.      
7/6/12: Neat, loop-based breakdown in the middle of Sand.      
7/6/12: Okay, it wasn't actually the middle, it was the end because there was a weird segue into Roses right after I typed that.             
7/6/12: Band tried briefly to recreate the Worcester Roses there, but it didn't go so well.      
7/6/12: PYITE instead.             
7/6/12: Spooky, loop-filled ending to PYITE, leading into Sneakin' Sally.      
7/6/12: Absolutely nasty groove in this Sally jam.      
7/6/12: Trey using his guitar muscles to transition into a second jam here. Sounds sort of like a cross between a Light jam and Rift.      
7/6/12: Seems like by summer '12, LivePhish stopped labeling jams as separate tracks. Too bad in this case, because… https://t.co/wRkNhpAS0e      
7/6/12: Make that Sally > Jam > Ghost.
7/6/12: Angry haze building in this Ghost jam.      
7/6/12: Haze modulating into an uplifting progression. Shades of 2015 jamming here.      
7/6/12: > Suzy  
7/6/12: Welp, I'm pretty much going to say the same thing about this show that I've been saying about most of 2012… https://t.co/ecjgdMEC6c      
7/6/12: ...and most of the second set was the same except for that great Sally > Jam > Ghost sequence.
7/6/12: I feel like the band is actually playing better now than they were between '09 and '11, they just aren't st… https://t.co/jbIvToeM1H