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Written by KZYR
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Friday, 29 May 2009 |
Phish is set to embark on their 2009 summer reunion
tour which includes 4 nights at Red Rocks. In anticipation the jam-band released "Time Turns Elastic" on iTunes.
The track is taken from a forthcoming, untitled album
due July 28 that sees the band reteaming with famed producer Steve
Lillywhite, who they previously worked with on 1996's "Billy
Breathes."
Unconfirmed Internet rumors suggest a few possible titles: "Party
Time" and "Light (Yellow)." Bassist Mike Gordon also said via his
hotline that one of the original, shortlisted titles was "The Best
Fucking Phish Album Ever!" Gordon said the title reflects "the
intention" the band had for the album and adds that he thinks the
new record is "pretty slammin'."
The release of "Time Turns Elastic" also marks the band's first
recorded output since 2004's "Undermind" and will come out on their
own JEMP Records, which since 2005 has served as an archival, live
release label. While the song is yet to be properly played in a
live setting as Phish, lead guitarist Trey Anastasio has been
exploring it in another context.
"Time Turns Elastic" was co-written by Anastasio with composer Don
Hart, and the two have performed it with a classical orchestra on
September 27, 2008 in Nashville and in Baltimore last week (May
21). An orchestral version of "Time Turns Elastic" that features
Anastasio and the Northwest Sinfonia is due June 9 and is available
for pre-order on the Phish
website.
After nearly five years apart, the band returned to the stage at
the Hampton Coliseum in early March 2009, when they debuted another
new song, "Backwards Down The Number Line." Next week marks Phish's
first formal tour since 2004. The band will kick off the trek at
Fenway Park this Sunday (May 31) and have scheduled multiple night
runs throughout the summer at outdoor venues like Jones Beach, Red
Rocks, Alpine Valley, the Gorge, and headlining two nights of
Bonnaroo.
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