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The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 30, 2002 -13
New Trey C.D. pheeds Phish phans
By Jon Schwartz
Daily Arts Writer
ft would be easy to dismiss Trey Anastasio's sec-
ond solo offering as Phish reincarnated. Truly, the
album doesn't deviate too much from the style that
Anastasio molded with the band in the years leading
up to the one-year hiatus, now in its second year and
still going strong.
Yes, the self-titled effort does remind of the light-
hearted nature that convinced die-hard fans to give
up bathing for a month, cover their bodies in rags,
and eat veggie burritos while dancing around wildly
in circles to Phish's music.
The band's website does its-best to make clear
that the success Trey has found to this point has
been random and unexpected. Everything the band
did was spontaneous, as Anastasio kept inviting
friend after friend to come in and jam before coming
up with the 10 members that will tour this summer.
But it looks like the rich get richer. Because here thought with Phish, a sweet ballad that deviates
is what every Phish fan was deep down hoping from the formula, but is still a good piece. Yet with
against - the new album hits its mark well. It's the new album, there is no norm, and such songs
good, and maybe the rest of his phunky ensemble exist on their own. The group pulls out the blues,
could just as easily fall by the wayside. jazz and everything in between. What would be
Trey takes a successful formula and spices it up a straight jams on a Phish album become "At the
bit, adding a horn section and female Gazebo" here, where the many other
vocalists to the beats Phish thrived on. instruments in play overpower Trey's
The jams are still there, they're just a tremendous abilities on the guitar.
bit more eclectic (at least compared to ***9 And yet, Trey's guitar dominates
Phish's studio releases - very little "Ray Dawn Ballon" in a way that
exists that's more eclectic than a live TREYANASTASIO fans remember. The background
Phish show), a bit less guitar-driven, a Trey Anastasio doesn't matter; it's impossible not to
bit more polished and frankly, a bit be mesmerized by what the leader is
better. Elekra/Asylum doing up front.
Sure, every song on Trey Anasta- How does it compare? Hard to tell
sio recalls of an old Phish number. But Trey seems - Phish never thrived in the studio. But Trey doesn't
headed down a different direction, almost more do enough on the offering to stand alone. Again, it
reminiscent of a Dave Matthews or John Popper. seems like we've heard all this before, maybe with a
Ballads like "Flock of Words" would be an after- few less instruments, but it's too familiar. It's a lot
tike toe girt wno dumps you and men snows up two
years later - you're happy to see her again, but you
wish that she'd changed a bit so you could get your
mind off the past. "Last Tube" sounds like every
Phish song ever recorded, only with a slightly heav-
ier blues push. Same goes for "Either Sunday,"
"Drifting" and "Mr. Completely." Not a bad thing
because we liked them the first time, but we didn't
buy a Phish CD.
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