Voices

Rating

Album: Voices
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Nothing But Trouble	More Info...
2)	Black Out Days	More Info...
3)	Fall In Love	More Info...
4)	Never Going Home	More Info...
5)	The Day You Died	More Info...
6)	Howling At The Moon	More Info...
7)	Bad Dreams	More Info...
8)	Bill Murray	More Info...
9)	I Don t Blame You	More Info...
10)	Celebrating Nothing	More Info...
11)	My Only Friend	More Info...

Performer Notes

Audio Mixer: Rich Costey.
Recording information: Sonora Recorders, Los Angeles.
Photographer: Timothy Saccenti.
After making some noise with their debut album, Eyelid Movies, which straddled the line between trip-hop and shoegaze with the skill of an acrobat, Phantogram have refined and expanded their sound in really interesting ways. The duo of Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter have added R&B influences and hip-hop swagger to the mix, refined their songwriting skills, and in Barthel's case, become a very powerful vocal presence. Their second album, 2014's Voices, shows how far they have come and is a really solid and deep modern pop album that sounds perfectly crafted and infused with real emotions. It's easy to see why their music has blown up over the time between albums: the arrangements are huge and accessible, with every bit of space filled with interesting synth sounds, drum programs, and guitars that create a richly enveloping atmosphere. Their use of samples is deft as they dig deep into the work of South Korean psychedelic guitarist Shin Joong Hyun, the Chi-Lites (with excellent use of "Coldest Day of My Life" on the beautiful ballad "Bill Murray"), and rare soul grooves that provide some off-kilter mystery and grit to their dreamy approach. Rising out of the background like a massive wave of warmth and giving the album an emotional center are Barthel's impressive vocals. She can belt it out like she's trying to reach the back rows of an arena (like on the rumbling new wave-inspired "Nothing But Trouble" or the Rihanna-produced-by-Tricky jammer "Fall in Love") or she can slink around in the mix with some real subtlety (on the murky, moody "Black Out Days"), but no matter the size or mood, she totally nails everything. Voices is filled with catchy, emotion-packed songs that will sound great booming out of radio speakers, soundtracking late nights spent alone and wondering, and anytime some really powerful modern pop is needed. ~ Tim Sendra

Professional Reviews

CMJ - "This time they seem to delve into a heavier sound with a lot more dark, bass-laden tracks and a slew of down-tempo songs that are as close to ballads as the electronic duo could get."

Paste (magazine) - "VOICES conveys our era's lingua franca, with its knowing postures and veiled identities, by puffing its chest first before it reveals any vulnerability."

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