Phish | NEW PHISH FOOD The often frenetic jam band chills out on ''Round''
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NEW PHISH FOOD The often frenetic jam band chills out on ''Round''
Music Review

Round Room (2002)

Phish
Reviewed by Marc Weingarten | Dec 23, 2002
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Release Date: Dec 10, 2002; Lead Performance: Phish

After proving they could rein it in with concise songwriting on 2000's ''Farmhouse,'' Phish, the supreme jam team, have taken a far more discursive approach. Round Room feels informal, a chill-out session in a home studio. Tracks like ''Anything but Me'' are loping, down-tempo sojourns, while the band stretches and teases out baroque melodies on the longish ''Pebbles and Marbles'' and ''Walls of the Cave.'' The vibe is subdued but never somnolent.

Originally posted Dec 20, 2002 Published in issue #689 Jan 03, 2003 Order article reprints

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