Phantogram – Voices (2014)

April 14, 2023

I fell in love with Sarah Barthel after hearing the Big Grams album (a collab project between Phantogram and Big Boi from Outkast). The problem I have with Phantogram themselves however is a similar ailment that strikes me when I listen to The Chromatics (although perhaps not so much there, the problem is worse here with Phantogram). And the problem that I am talking about is… well, I could be listening to just about absolutely anyone. There is no identity here, nothing unique that is pulling me back and keeping me here. Is the music absolutely lovely? Yes. Are Sarah’s vocals fantastic? Yes. But Phantogram, specifically on Voices, do not jump out and grab me. This is all shades of generic, despite being well made, and that is just really, really sad.

Oh, and the songs with the dude singing on them are dreadful, I’m sorry.