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The Phantom Band - Fears Trending

Review by Ruth Singleton

A beautifully cohesive narrative flow.»

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Glasgow six-piece The Phantom Band release a new album, 'Fears Trending', just a few months on from 2014's 'Strange Friend'. On Chemikal Underground, the new full-length acts as a companion piece to this year's full-length. Following four years of near-silence after 2010, turns out the band have hit a prolific streak. Guitarist Duncan Marquiss calls the new LP "the evil twin of 'Strange Friend' - they're stranger friends, oddball vestiges and hybrids." Leading the record is 'Tender Castle', a track that flips any notions that 'Fears Trending' might be a last-minute add on to 'Strange Friend'. Chugging out crystallised guitar parts alongside skittering percussion and odd, convention-dodging structures, it's The Phantom Band all over, invention running the show.
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