Crossing Lines

Crossing Lines is an album by Vida Blue, a band led by Phish keyboard player Page McConnell. It was released in 2019 by ATO Records. On the album, which followed a 15-year recording hiatus, McConnell is joined by two original Vida Blue members, bassist Oteil Burbridge and drummer Russell Batiste, along with a new addition, guitarist Adam Zimmon. The Spam Allstars also appear on two tracks. Reception In a review for AllMusic, Timothy Monger wrote: "the musicianship and interplay between these musicians is excellent, and while Crossing Lines doesn't necessarily feel essential, it has its moments and marks a worthy third chapter in the band's canon." Benjy Eisen, writing for Relix, called McConnell's lyrics "grown-up stuff," and stated that they "seem loaded with indecision, even paralysis, yet spoken from a place of secure identity." Regarding the album as a whole, he remarked: "Their two previous releases swung for the fences but Vida Blue hits this one out of park."