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@phantom-lanterns
2017 so far: we’ve played some awesome shows and written a bunch of new songs that we’re pretty stoked on. We are doing our first out of state shows in awhile this July, more info on that coming soon. We scrapped another possible album, the vibe wasn’t right. Today we will begin the process of making our first full length. I saw Daughters last night in DC and they were fucking amazing. My cat is currently snoring.
Shows:
5/20 - Fallston, MD (House Show)
5/29 - Washington, DC (House Show)
6/3 - Laurel, MD (House Show)
6/11 - Annapolis, MD (Metropolitan)
6/19 - Annapolis, MD (Tsunami - Free/Late Show)
We are booking a tour for August, any people who are able to help with Boston, NYC, or somewhere in between please hit us up!
Phantom Lanterns @ The Republic
Takoma Park, MD January 2016
Our bud Dan took these rad pictures of us back in January.
Hey so, hi.. It’s been awhile... We haven’t updated this in over a year (yikes) but we’ve been doing cool stuff in real life. If you haven’t been to a show recently then surprise! We added a second guitarist (far right in the picture of a picture above), his name is Jared and he shreds.
<a href="http://phantomlanterns.bandcamp.com/album/growing-apart" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://phantomlanterns.bandcamp.com/album/growing-apart">Growing Apart by Phantom Lanterns</a>
One day at a time until and maybe a little into 2015 (like right now), we bring you some bands you should expect good things from in 2015.
Band: Phantom Lanterns
Location: Annapolis/Baltimore, MD
Why You Should Care: Their live show...
This rules! We're so stoked to release a bunch of music in 2015
in case you missed this on that other internet site place, thanks for supporting us in 2014!!! Thanks to you all we were able to accomplish a bunch of cool stuff, I've got a feeling this year's gonna be even better. Thanks again, see ya soon.
January Tour
We're trying to book a small tour in January, if you can help with any of these dates/cities please hit us up at [email protected] thanks!
1/15 - Baltimore, MD (booked)
1/16 - Philadelphia, PA
1/17 - New Jersey
1/18 - New York
1/19 - Richmond, VA
1/20 (or 1/14) - DC
Until then we are finishing up writing our next release that we will be announcing very soon.
So we're opening for one of our favorite bands ever tonight at the metro gallery in Baltimore, get there early cause we play first at 8!
https://www.facebook.com/events/356433301200453/
wooooah it's november
Soooo many rad shows this month! Don't miss us opening for Tera Melos at Metro Gallery!!! They are like one of our fav bands forever, we're very stoked for that show.
11/7 @ The Metropolitan w/Dreamcatcher, Starlight Natives, Super City (Annapolis, MD)
11/9 @ Metro Gallery w/Tera Melos, Octaves, Super City (Baltimore, MD)
11/17 @ Wind Up Space/Llamadon (Baltimore, MD)
11/21 @ Charm City Art Space (Baltimore, MD)
11/29 @ Club K (Baltimore, MD)
Yooooo we're also booking a little tour/maybe a couple weekenders if you book in philly or richmond or really anywhere on the east coast we want to come play in your city!
Phantom Lanterns - Growing Apart (Annapolis, Maryland)
Who It Is: Phantom Lanterns – Growing Apart; Missing Page Records (2014)
What It Sounds Like: SPORT, Snowing meets math rock, post-hardcore, post-rock, emo
<a href="http://phantomlanterns.bandcamp.com/album/growing-apart" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://phantomlanterns.bandcamp.com/album/growing-apart">Growing Apart by Phantom Lanterns</a>
Review:
Phantom Lantern’s Growing Apart is the work of Annapolis, Maryland, trio of Jake Wilkerson, Kaitlyn Baker, and Jon Cole (later replaced by Mike Mapes). These three describe themselves as “experimental, emo, math rock, and post-???.” Their first EP is a 21 minute adventure of familiar sounds and new ideas.
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Thanks for the kind words!
HEY INTERNETS dear web, we're playing third rail radio WMUC in College Park, MD today. Stream it online starting at 6 at http://wmuc.umd.edu/ on the FM program. We're playing some new stuffs. If you live around college park come be in the audience.
https://www.facebook.com/events/287086531479792/
ALSO we'll be playing in New Jersey on friday ( 9/12 ). deets for that can be found below...
https://www.facebook.com/events/280786522120539/
ONE more thing, we are starting to play more shows out of maryland, please hit us up if you can help set up shows in other places!
Album Review: Phantom Lanterns - Growing Apart
9/10
As I dive more deeply into the pool of seemingly endless talent that is the local Baltimore punk scene, I continue to discover notable, groundbreaking, and oftentimes outright sick acts from a variety of sub-genres under the broad umbrella that is alternative music.
Phantom Lanterns are a Baltimore based emo three-piece whom I unfortunately missed the opportunity to see recently when they played at Ka-Chunk!! Records, a popular Annapolis record store. They released their first EP, Growing Apart, through Bandcamp last month.
Growing Apart is a release instantly reminiscent of the midwestern emo renaissance of the late 90s, full of twinkly, sad, harmonic riffage and howling, sorrowful vocalism. Phantom Lanterns, while undoubtedly honoring a certain sound, also set themselves apart with unique pedal effects, especially prevalent on the track All Of Your Bridges Burn, as well as incredibly skilled, compelling guitar work. While maintaining for the most part what I would call a classically emo sound, the EP also has its more complex, math rocky, melodically unsettling moments such as on the track Better Off, which can oftentimes be an outright emotional assault, and is also a showcase for some of the EP’s more aggressive vocals. Overall, I strongly recommend this EP for any fan of emotional hardcore and its offshoots.
You can listen to Growing Apart on Bandcamp here.
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This rules!
<5K: Volume 7
FAQ: Hey Asher, is there a theme to any given edition of <5K? Asher: Well, friend, there are a few subthemes within each issue that sort of flit around each other like different birds in the same cage. For instance, today’s issue features 2 British bands, 3 post-hardcore artists (generally speaking), 2 bands that I listened to while eating Fun Dip™… you can cut the cake up many different ways. Does it matter? I think it doesn’t really matter. Thanks for asking, of course! I’m always happy to answer questions. See below for contact info. I love you.
THE OLD STORY OF THE NAMESAKE//JUST WHAT’S GOING ON HERE There’s an xkcd comic that exposes the secret coalition to make certain YouTube videos go viral: they have to get exactly “300+” likes from the committee, and are then certified to spread like the plague onto innocent newsfeeds worldwide. In that vein, I present you with <5K: exposition on bands that have less than 5,000 likes online. Perhaps one of them will be the next to pass that mysterious threshold into the world of fame and fortune… after all, once you get 5,000 likes, you sell out every show and your records go gold. That’s how it works, right?
*Submissions* If you’re in a band, your friend is in a band, or you just know a band with less than 5,000 likes that deserves to be heard, send a link to [email protected]. If I like it, I’ll put them in an upcoming edition of <5K! No inquiries about Tomato Dodgers, please.
Phantom Lanterns (430 likes) occupy an interesting crossover of musical space. The Annapolis, MD trio plays math-tinged emo, but with deliberate nods towards chaos. The instrumentation on “The Dreamer,” the opening track on their release Growing Apart, ranges from tight, noodley riffing to lurching rhythms that seem close to the edge of coherence and back within the span of one bridge. It’s got serious momentum, and combined with the urgency of the vocals, adds up to a swift headbanger that will get you nostalgic for your nights spent feeling misunderstood.
Listen to Growing Apart here.
Recommended tracks: “The Dreamer,” “Better Off”
Jarbird (645 likes) is a British band that might strike the familiar chords of rich, electro-tinged r&b and vaulting vocals with U.S. audiences. They’re thinking along similar lines as Adult Jazz and Chet Faker, crafting lovely, heavenly vocal pop with crystal-clear melodies built around piano and drums. The harmonies are out of this world; despite only having two songs on their soundcloud, they’ve hooked many fans already, clamoring for a full-length. It’s easy, strong listening, and it works for many moods. Grab a quiet seat and have a listen.
Listen to Jarbird here.
Recommended tracks: “More Bad Celebrity Poetry,” “Such Is The House”
<a href="http://crows-an-wra.bandcamp.com/album/kalopsia" data-mce-href="http://crows-an-wra.bandcamp.com/album/kalopsia">Kalopsia by Crows-An-Wra</a>
I’m not sure where to begin with Crows-An-Wra (1,139 likes). The UK band’s showstopping sophomore LP, Kalopsia, sounds like At The Drive-In consulted with David Lynch about making a hair-raising horror-punk masterpiece. It’s constantly turning tight corners, tension mounting every moment between the double-guitar assault and masterful interplay between vocals and drums. It’s flourishes like “Heavy Heads,” a haunting ballad sung by fantastic guest vocalist Elizabeth Birchley, which keep Kalopsia from being pigeonholed or easily defined. It’s meticulous and explosive prog-post-hardcore-punk-power. Listen to it.
Listen to Kalopsia here.
Recommended tracks: “Vibrant Colours,” “Dismay! The Seconds Slow,” “Heavy Heads”
<a href="http://aurevoirit.bandcamp.com/album/black-hills" data-mce-href="http://aurevoirit.bandcamp.com/album/black-hills">Black Hills by Au Revoir</a>
Au Revoir (2,460 likes) are a Jersey band that has hollowed out their own Venn diagram of post-rock and distorted indie-weight, creating bleak, monumental landscapes with cinematic guitars and unstoppable drums. They wreak a particular kind of havoc upon a listener’s open mind, filling it with visions and shadows, eternally solid. It’s neither heavy nor abstract enough to be called drone, nor direct enough to be truly called indie. It’s somewhere in the murky depths that Moving Mountains might occupy in an apocalyptic world, with nothing but the howling wind to provide anything close to vocals. Their latest release, Black Hills, deserves your full attention, but tread with caution.
Listen to Black Hills here.
Recommended tracks: All of it. (There are only 3.)
The B-Side Shuffle (2,705 likes) are a full-fledged funk machine from right in the nation’s capitol. They make highly groovy dance-rock, and with a large, rotating lineup, they work as a pooled effort to throw a whole bunch of good sounds together and come up with driven, instinctually toe-tapping music meant for having a good time. They keep the rhythm section impeccably tight, and then layer it with delicious guitar, horns, and numerous singers. It’s immediately physically moving, and is shown by their latest EP, Farmalade, they have plenty of diverse ideas to keep the party going all night long.
Listen to Farmalade here.
Recommended tracks: “Castle In The Sky,” “Omajimawoma”
-Asher Meerovich is a writer and musician in College Park. He likes to be near water. Read more of his musical explorations at http://hire-me-rolling-stone.tumblr.com/
In case you missed it our new EP is finally out! Share it with someone who might like it if you wanna help us get the word out, thanks so much!
August
8/10 @ Club K (EP Release show!!! Baltimore, MD)
8/13 @ "Cape Canaveral" (New Brunswick, NJ)
8/14 @ CPAA (Virginia Beach, VA)
8/17 @ "till the tape run out" live session (Towson, MD)
8/29 @ Ka-Chunk Records! (Annapolis, MD)
First song off our upcoming EP, "growing apart" comes out 8/10/14
Phantom Lanterns // Growing Apart EP // August 10th
We're finally releasing something and it's pretty cool. Come grab a copy on August 10th, we'll be playing at Club K, can't wait!
