Since reuniting in 2009 after a five-year breakup, rock band Phish has continued to delight fans with their sprawling live shows - and now they’re finding themselves in the recording studio more often, too.

Their new album "Big Boat," out tomorrow, comes more than two years after their last album"Fuego."Bob Ezrin, a rock veteran whose credits include Pink Floyd, Kiss and Peter Gabriel, produced both, urging the band to open up more in their songwriting. The result is some of Phish’s most intimate songs, notably “Miss You,” Anastasio’s meditation on his sister Kristy’s death.

Phish returns to the road next Friday, Oct. 14, for 13 dates that wrap up Halloween night in Las Vegas, where they will continue their holiday tradition of covering an album in its entirety. The band – guitarist Trey Anastasio, keyboardist Page McConnell, drummer Jon Fishman and bassist Mike Gordon - will also continue its tradition of celebrating New Year’s with four nights at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, which will bring the band’s total performances there to 39 since 1994.

In an edited interview, Anastasio reflects on the band’s past, present and future and his own experiences helping the Grateful Dead’s four surviving members play their final shows together during the summer of 2015.