Much is afloat in the Phish world. Fresh off the heels of the first leg of their summer tour, the reunited Phish are set to release their 12th studio album, Joy. Due to hit the shelves at the end of July, the band recently announced the title of their new album would be Joy, dispelling rumors that it would be titled Party Time.
Produced by Steve Lillywhite, much of Joy has already been road tested in front of many fans eager to hear new material. Only 1 song (“I’ve Been Around”) from the 10-song album has yet reach the ears of the public.
Surprisingly one new song, “Alaska”, has not been included on the new album. Making its debut this summer, “Alaska” won the hearts of many fans and was thought to have made the cut. Download a live version of “Alaska” from the Asheville Civic Center on June 9th here.
In addition to the new studio album, Phish is hitting the road again for 12 more concerts, starting July 30th at Red Rocks Ampitheater in Morrison, Colorado. Phish will also be playing a Halloween festival 10/30-11/1 at a location that has yet to be announced.
Preview almost the entire new album, as performed live on the road between May 31st-June 21st. Download the tracks here.
NOTE: These recordings are audience(AUD) sourced, recorded and distributed in accordance with Phish's Taping Policy. These are not the official recordings available on livephish.com. Source information for each track is included in the download.
Joy (A Live Preview) track list, including show date:
1. Twenty Years Later – 6/5 – Jones Beach
2. Backwards Down the Number Line – 6/9 – Asheville
3. Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan – 6/19 - Deer Creek
4. Light – 6/14 - Bonnaroo
5. Joy – 6/21 - Alpine
6. Sugar Shack – 6/7 - Camden
7. Ocelot – 6/16 – Fox
8. Kill Devil Falls – 6/12 - Bonnaroo
9. I've Been Around – only song not played
10. Time Turns Elastic – 6/16 - Fox
Photos taken by thomasbrandt from flickr.
Videos for your visual enjoyment.
Comments
twenty years later has not been played either
^^ yeah, 20 yrs Later was played once. Maybe not so memorable? I wasn't disappointed for Alaska to be left off- thought it was the weakest of the new songs. All Summer shows can also be streamed or downloaded from here: drop.io/phishtunes
Oh by the way, you are linking to stolen and illegally posted songs from Phish. There is an abundance of high quality audience out there that you could link to w/o having to point to the official Phish releases. Thanks.
Doug,
You are mistaken, the songs I am linking to ARE the audience recordings authorized through Phish's taping policy. These are not the official releases. Thanks for your concern though.
20 yrs later was played 6/5/09 Set II.
And is was awesome!! Not to mention the 2001 , Slave that followed!
Thanks for this, Kevin. Great stuff.
my bad- thanks for clarifying Kevin- most all the links I see for Sendspace are the Live Phish SBDs. thanks again.
This was already done before you, here
jamtopia ( dot )com/blog/listen-to-the-new-phish-album/
Funny how many of the versions he chose were the same ones you did?????
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