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The Phantom Band

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Release Date: 01/01/2009

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  • 9/10 by vamos
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limited to 500 copies on vinyl. the debut album by the phantom band has finally been completed and it emphatically surpasses every conceivable expectation chemikal underground harboured after signing them. a nine track, nearly one hour long mash up of krautrock, swamp-rock and beefheart-oddness, violent femmes, nick cave and the beta band. the album was recorded in the band's adopted home city of glasgow, beginning at chemikal underground's chem 19 and finishing at franz ferdinand's own facility at an old town hall in govan. paul savage of cult glasgow band the delgados served as producer, engineer and guiding force. the recording sessions were like their early jams: long, meandering and experimental; the band beating out rhythms on broken wood blocks and organist andy's 'shelvaphones', a home-made instrument created from metal shelf brackets.....release date: 09/02/2009
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