The show did not meet the moment. They did not play the show demanded at that moment. Yes, the band is playing at a peak level of entire career, Fishman is a fountain of youth, the pace is the fastest in ages, owing to Fishman, and Trey is asserting himself with creative, interesting licks and is super tight. But tonight, there was no flow, no patience, and it suffered from poor song selection. Sigma Oasis wasn’t the right call to open. More was def not the call to close the set (leaving YEM and Simple hanging out there). Set started overall pretty good, but the wheels came off after Roggae. About to Run after a slow twist was too low energy for that slot in a set that everyone wants to be high energy because of the preshow shitshow.. But again, although song selection is important, flow and patient improv can make up for poor song selection. All three, though, it sinks the set

Great run. Ranking them 3-2-1-4. night 3 was the best show since September 1, 2017. And it may have been a more complete show than that. Amazing flow, amazing songs, patient, deep, deep improv. Complete show top to bottom. Show was an all timer. Night two, great first and second set, great song selection bith sets , first set played super well but not much improv, second set was fire. with the first 40 minutes of set perhaps the best segment of music all weekend, Sand, No Mans ~> Llama.
Night one was a very solid show with incredible improv in Carini, Ruby, Waves, tweezer and light, but the flow is pretty choppy. In between those tent poles, the song selection was average good, which could still have been top tier if there was better flow and more patience (on songs between the tent poles)

3-2-1-4

Such a great weekend! 2023 Phish is having a career peak year!