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In the three years since Phish disbanded, frontman Trey Anastasio has emerged as the most prolific member, from (on the upside) releasing four solo records to
founding an arts-education charity to (on the downside) getting busted
for heroin and pills last year. Unlike 2005's song-based Shine, The
Horseshoe Curve is a groove record, with jazz-organ funk, Afrobeat and
Seventies fusion in the mix. Most of the time, Anastasio chills in the
background, letting the horn section log play time on tracks such as
"Burlap Sack and Pumps." This makes for a record that's alternately
brainy and backgroundy - the arrangements are sharp, but the flute solos
(particularly on the title track, recorded at a 2002 Pittsburgh show)
bring Anchorman to mind. At points like these, you wish Anastasio would
step up and do what he does best: shred.
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Track List
- Sidwalks Of San Francisco
- Olivia
- Burlap Sack & Pumps
- 5th Round, The
- Horseshoe Curve, The
- Noodle Rave
- Tube Top Tony
- Porters Pyramid
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