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Phantom: “Voodoo Romantic” free single release!
"The aural equivalent of a black cat sneaking across silk sheets..."
- Q Magazine
Phantom release a free download only single - Voodoo Romantic - on 2nd August 2010. This will be the band's second single but the first to be released from their forthcoming debut album Smoke & Mirrors. The album us out on La Nausée Records on August 16th 2010.
The album creates a new percussive landscape for their music. They used recordings of places, objects and sounds found organically around them, both familiar and alien: an antique typewriter thump, the flap of a letter dropping through a letter box, heels clicking on concrete, the Mars Space Rover rumbling across the surface of the red planet. Each sound has been carefully treated and morphed into a rhythm to support compositions.
Voodoo Romantic uses these aforementioned sounds and builds into an incredibly haunting crescendo with Elsie’s unique and sensual tones calling out over the echoes and beats. The single is akin to the sound of The Cure with the tone similar to the seminal band’s brooding, somber album Faith.You can download the single from the band's brand new official website. The single is available to download via the home page or the music page of the website.
You can also stream the single from HERE, their website or the player below. If you're having trouble seeing this player then click here (download also available via this link).
