Phantogram is a trip-hop/psych-pop duo, formed in 2007 at Saratoga Springs, NY, by Joshua Carter and Sarah Barthel.
Barthel and Carter were friends since junior high school, but Phantogram didn't officially form until 2007. That summer, Barthel returned home dissatisfied with pursuing a visual arts degree and Carter returned home after a brief stint in New York City with Grand Habit, an experimental band formed with his older brother, John
The two friends reunited and started working on finishing some beat ideas Carter made earlier. The duo was originally called Charlie Everywhere when performing around the Saratoga Springs area on the local label Sub-Bombin Records. Upon signing with BBE records in 2009, they changed their name to Phantogram to avoid any potential trademark issues.
Phantogram’s music sounds like it’s made by a band from the city. Electronic loops, hip-hop beats, shoegaze, soul, pop—each finds its way into their songs. But the band practices and writes music in an out-of-town farm called Harmony Lodge, where they write and record songs using various samplers, tapes, records, synths, drums, and both percussive and stringed instruments.
Single When I'm Small is taken from their 2010 debut album Eyelid Movies. While most bands tend to move on to another project over the course of a year, Phantogram decided to present some visuals for last years single.
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