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Phantom Planet claim their fourth full-length was inspired by
the music of Charles Manson and David Koresh — not quite the album you'd
expect from the California boys who sang The O.C.'s theme song. Still,
like those cult leaders, Raise the Dead gives its macabre subjects (and
its lighter ones) an oddly upbeat spin. Jumping from Bowie glam to disco
punk, the band tosses in synths, arch backing coos and riffing saxes for
songs that are both expansive and strange. "Leader," which is literally
about joining a cult, comes complete with lines like "Everyone will be
reborn" and a sunny chorus. Elsewhere, frontman Alex Greenwald sings
about disease and severed heads, but the tunes still push pleasure
buttons. Dig the raucous "Ship Lost at Sea," or the title track, which
sounds like the best Strokes song in years.
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Track List
- Raise The Dead
- Dropped
- Leader
- Do The Panic
- Quarantine
- Ship Lost At Sea
- Demon Daughters
- Geronimo
- Too Much Too Often
- Confess
- Leave Yourself For Somebody Else
- I Don't Mind
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