Phish - Big Boat (2016) [FLAC]

  Genre: Rock
  Syles: Jam Band, Psychedelic, Progressive
  Source: WEB
  Codec: FLAC
  Bit rate: ~ 900 kbps
  Bit depth: 16
  Sample rate: 44.1 kHz

  01 Friends
  02 Breath And Burning
  03 Home
  04 Blaze On 
  05 Tide Turns 
  06 Things People Do
  07 Waking Up Dead
  08 Running Out Of Time
  09 No Men In No Man’s Land
  10 Miss You
  11 I Always Wanted It This Way
  12 More
  13 Petrichor

  Having reclaimed some of their studio mojo on 2014's critically lauded Fuego, jam institution Phish were more than willing to take another chance with studio legend Bob Ezrin at the helm. Instead of the five-year gaps that preceded their last two studio LPs, Big Boat arrives a mere two years after Fuego and rides a similar sonic wave with its focus on streamlined songwriting and more concise lyrics. Like many Phish productions, a number of these songs were honed on-stage during tours in 2015 and early 2016, and the easy buoyancy of tracks like "Blaze On" and the funky horn-laden "No Men in No Man's Land" feel like they could have been in the group's canon for years. These are nicely captured, feel-good staples that will likely have their best moments on-stage, contracting and expanding each night at the whim of the band. Where things get more interesting are on songs like Page McConnell's "Home" and "I Always Wanted It This Way," two tracks where Ezrin's classic rock touch and Phish's progressive tendencies neatly dovetail. As on Fuego, Ezrin has a good handle on the band, knowing how and when to showcase their legendary live prowess, but also how to spin Phish's studio efforts into something distinctive and polished without losing their charm. The warm melancholy of Trey Anastasio's "Miss You" and the thunderous rock of Jon Fishman's opening salvo, "Friends," each play well through the filter of the man who produced 70s titans like Alice Cooper, Kiss, and Pink Floyd