Synthesizing big-city beats, psychedelic melodies, electronic loops, soul, pop, and distorted dreaminess, Phantogram’s Eyelid Movies represents a beautiful and seamless blending of genres. The debut full-length from guitarist Joshua Carter and keyboardist Sarah Barthel channels joy, loneliness, and unpredictability throughout, and has lyrics so addicting you’ll catch yourself singing them aloud in the supermarket. Though Barthel’s silver tongue is undoubtedly the record’s driving force, when Carter jumps in for a duet no one’s complaining. “Turn It Off” provides a perfect example, Carter and Barthel’s voices harmonizing like they were modeled for one another. In addition to the dream-pop and vivid groove ballads, there’s a genuinely weird side to Eyelid Movies. “Running from the Cops” displays vocals that are seemingly tied to a spring, dunked underwater, and spit through a vocoder. Read full review at inyourspeakers.com
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