
Beach Impediment
PHANTASIA - Ghost Stories LP
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The debut from NYC's PHANTASIA is hard to get out of your head. A polytropos of black lace tinged beachfront kitsch melted together with the clever gloom of prime-era American indie, all topped by the wavering and haunting vocals of what could be likened to a baritone Siouxie Sioux.
Elements of death rock, pure pop, punk, and rock and roll are all here fighting for space amongst lilting synths, reverb-soaked guitars, and muscular drumming.
Recorded and mixed by SASHA STROUD, this captures both the spirit of their influences—the Feelies, Alaska y Dinarama, Bruce Springsteen, and Pylon—but holds nothing back in terms of what these songs are capable of sounding like in the 21st century.