"Surrender to the Air" - last night this crowd played a show at the Academy (one of the last that will ever be held there), which I attended.....if you have the will to withstand schizophrenic music for a while, and not go TOTALLY insane, this show was actually quite impressive....no groove per se, but the band had a clear ability to manipulate the overall level and quality of sound, had a fantastic control of dynamics, and were definitely able to take the listener into space. They did play one funky number but on the whole it was much more a sonic explosion rather than a dance session - I couldn't help but laugh at all the phish heads who thought they were going to see a danceable show and even though it wasn't, were gyrating and jumping around endlessly....
The other thing I noticed was that I was glad I don't hang around smelly, hairy people.
Jay B