Phish - í rokk (2018)

In 2018, when rumours surfaced that Phish would cover an 'obscure album from 1981', some jumped to the conclusion that they would play 'Mark Of The Mole' by The Residents while others placed their bets on 'My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts' by Brian Eno and David Byrne, or Rush‘s 'Moving Pictures'. When the Phishbill was given to the first attendees, everyone at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and on social media was buzzing about the ultra-obscure Scandanavian prog-rock hidden gem, 'í rokk' by Kasvot Växt. Upon further investigation, however, some members of the vast Phish community discovered that the entire album was a hoax. The sketchiness of the whole 'Swedish Phish' concept began once researchers and Phistorians couldn’t find much information about the album. Anywhere. Conclusions were made that Phish had orchestrated one of the biggest pranks in their 35-year-career by fabricating the false links and an album cover themselves, and that's exactly what they'd done. Phish knocked it out of the park as they pulled off this stunt, executing the 10 new songs with precision and confidence. All of the album’s tracks, including 'Turtle In The Clouds', 'Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.', and 'Play By Play' have found their way into Phish’s vast catalog as setlist staples. In fact, the band had been having so much fun with the new material that they paired up 'Mercury' and 'Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S' for their 2018 New Year’s Eve gig. 

Track listing

01 Turtle In The Clouds
02 Stray Dog
03 Everything Is Hollow
04 We Are Come To Outlive Our Brains
05 Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.
06 The Final Hurrah
07 Play By Play
08 Death Don’t Hurt Very Long
09 Cool Amber And Mercury
10 Passing Through

The original fabricated album sleeve