Phish have without a doubt always been the kind of band that are more exciting to listen to live than on record. Hell, every time I reach for something to listen to out of my library I usually reach for the Halloween shows out of the live series or the Hampton Comes Alive box set. Undermind is yet another album of theirs that is nice enough, but never comes close to the unmatched energy of their live shows. When you look back at their albums in general, only a few come to mind that are truly great like Billy Breathes and Farmhouse. But at the very least, Undermind is a better outing than the insipid works of their last album Round Room. "A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing" is the standout track here with Trey Anastasio's calling card of fantastic guitar work and excellent feedback. Other notables like "The Connection" and "Crowd Control" are great run of the mill songs that for a lack of better term just sound like great Phish songs. Credit Tchad Blake who just produced Gomez' last album with keeping Phish in line and making sure that the sessions sound incredibly clean and don't get too much out of hand like other Phish albums tend to do. Word has it that Undermind will be Phish's last, and if that's true, I guess no song gives clues to that fact more than "Two Versions of Me." in which Anastasio sings 'No waters run free, no more fish in the sea/ too busy to see two versions of me.' It's been a strong strange trip upstream for Phish, and if Undermind does turn out to be their last, at least their going out with an album that is admirable and seemingly unburdened and breezy.