YUNOREVIEW: February 2014

This Month's YUNOREVIEW features the following albums in this exact order: Bombay Bicycle Club - Sog Long, See You Tomorrow Marissa Nadler - July Thou - Heathen Alden Penner - Exegesis Phantogram - Voices CEO - Wonderland Bohren & Der Club of Gore - Piano Nights ††† - ††† Prince Po & Oh No - Animal Serum Cynic - Kindly Bent To Free Us

Phantogram - "Bill Murray"

A synthy slow jam named after Bill Murray? Mmkay, you got me. Phantogram have unleashed this new track, and it's pretty great. From Sarah Barthel's honeyed, smooth voice, to the lithe slide guitar, to the buzzy keyboards. It almost sounds like a Beach House song if they were a little more reliant on electronics. I've always liked when Phantogram slowed things down a bit, and this is a prime example.

Their new record Voices is out February 18 via Republic.

Phantogram - "Black Out Days"

“I don’t recognize you anymore,” Sarah Barthel sings at the very end of Phantogram’s new single, “Black Out Days,” atop a surprisingly soft piano. I say “surprisingly” because the 3 and a half minutes that precedes it is a booming, electronic rock song with a hell of a chorus (and what sounds curiously like a Santigold sample). Catchy and a little dark, this track really thrives off of Barthel’s emotive, confident voice. No word yet on a new album from these two, but this is a great way to tide us over.

Stream "Black Out Days" above via SoundCloud.