Musicians, artists, librarians, social workers and lawyers.
Musicians, social workers, artists and lawyers. Different band names and outfits each gig, covering faces and remaining hidden and then finally calling themselves the Phantom Band, consolidating the mystery and going mainstream, well, relatively speaking.
This is yet another excellent debut from a Scottish band, Glasgow this time, it seems that there is an infinite amount of amazing music springing relentlessly and diversely from north of the border, assuming many guises and always managing to impress.
The Phantom Band released their Debut LP on Scottish indie Chemikal Underground earlier this year and this Throwing Bones is taken from the Debut....
This is yet another excellent debut from a Scottish band, Glasgow this time, it seems that there is an infinite amount of amazing music springing relentlessly and diversely from north of the border, assuming many guises and always managing to impress.
The Phantom Band released their Debut LP on Scottish indie Chemikal Underground earlier this year and this Throwing Bones is taken from the Debut....
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The sap in all its heady fullness...
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Self-styled Chamber Pop band Left With Pictures have made something rather fresh for us. The relentlessly English-accented trio grab a fantastic range of instruments to produce light and technically proficient tunes.
They sing in harmony with bounce, aren’t afraid to introduce a xylophone to the mix and seem remarkably comfortable with their sound. Self-styled \\\'chamber pop\\\', ‘Secretly’ is reminiscent of much traditional English folk.
Folk? Well, it’s the story of the times, isn’t it? It’s where you find someone without much pretension telling a story. And trying not to sound too naff in the process. But the truth often sounds a bit cheesy because it’s the essence of things, the root.
The sap in all its heady fullness comes rushing forth, and of course we’ve heard it before because it’s our story too. So we learn to revel in it, and some folk manage to grab our attention and sooth our paranoid, shifty natures for long enough to deliver something beautiful, arresting, true and worth writing from home about.
\\\'Secretly\\\' is a sweet song about a fella that kind of likes this girl and it’s all quite nice really. There may be a hint of something a tiny bit darker than that going on, but we’re not quite sure what it is, so best ignore it for now and move on. It has a banjo, a violin and what sounds like that xylophone again.
The shy affections of the song’s hero might resonate with some of us, as Left With Pictures tell us a story about non-spooky infatuation. Leaving aside hints of something not quite right, it’s got a happy ending. Maybe happy endings are always silver clouds with dark linings, but with the help of this lot we can keep the darkness at bay for a while.
They sing in harmony with bounce, aren’t afraid to introduce a xylophone to the mix and seem remarkably comfortable with their sound. Self-styled \\\'chamber pop\\\', ‘Secretly’ is reminiscent of much traditional English folk.
Folk? Well, it’s the story of the times, isn’t it? It’s where you find someone without much pretension telling a story. And trying not to sound too naff in the process. But the truth often sounds a bit cheesy because it’s the essence of things, the root.
The sap in all its heady fullness comes rushing forth, and of course we’ve heard it before because it’s our story too. So we learn to revel in it, and some folk manage to grab our attention and sooth our paranoid, shifty natures for long enough to deliver something beautiful, arresting, true and worth writing from home about.
\\\'Secretly\\\' is a sweet song about a fella that kind of likes this girl and it’s all quite nice really. There may be a hint of something a tiny bit darker than that going on, but we’re not quite sure what it is, so best ignore it for now and move on. It has a banjo, a violin and what sounds like that xylophone again.
The shy affections of the song’s hero might resonate with some of us, as Left With Pictures tell us a story about non-spooky infatuation. Leaving aside hints of something not quite right, it’s got a happy ending. Maybe happy endings are always silver clouds with dark linings, but with the help of this lot we can keep the darkness at bay for a while.
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