The Phantom Band: 'Checkmate Savage' January 20th 2009

Something dark hums and percolates through the fabric of The Phantom Band's music. Although the band's name, song titles ("The Howling, "Burial Sounds", "Folk Song Oblivion", "Throwing Bones") and lyrical couplets, may give the listener a nod towards that fact, it's what they've crafted on record which gives credence to this notion of darkness. What little I've read of this Scottish sextet seems to focus on their being bizarre and strange, but I don't hear it, don't hear anything strange or biza...

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