Phosphorescent / C'est La Vie
| Album: | C'est La Vie | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Phosphorescent | Added: | Jan 2019 | |
| Label: | Dead Oceans | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2019-01-22 | Pull Date: | 2019-03-26 |
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| Week Ending: | Mar 24 | Mar 17 | Mar 10 | Mar 3 | Feb 24 | Feb 17 | Feb 10 | Feb 3 |
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| Airplays: | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 24, 2023: | KZSU Time Traveler
C'es La Vie, No. 2 |
4. | Oct 12, 2021: | Traditions (rebroadcast from Mar 29, 2019)
Black Waves / Silver Moon |
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| 2. | Sep 09, 2022: | KZSU Time Traveler
New Birth In New England |
5. | Oct 11, 2021: | KZSU Time Traveler (rebroadcast from Mar 8, 2019)
My Beautiful Boy, Christmas Down Under, New Birth In New England, C'es La Vie, No. 2 |
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| 3. | Nov 30, 2021: | The Library (rebroadcast from Mar 6, 2019)
New Birth In New England |
6. | Sep 12, 2021: | Radiant Airwaves (rebroadcast from Mar 10, 2019)
New Birth In New England |
Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2019-01-13
Reviewed 2019-01-13
INDIE ROCK / FOLKTRONIC
After a five-year break and a move from Brooklyn to Nashville, here is Matthew Houck’s (as Phosphorescent) follow up to his breakout album Muchacho, which got good airplay on KZSU. Houch brings strong singing to his clever songwriting and intricate multi-instrument arrangements. Songs are about love, loss, fatherhood, all that good songwriting stuff.
No FCC issues
1 Striking but very short prelude. Synth & non-verbal chants. Can be intro to #2. (1:17)
2 ** Mid-slow. Gorgeous & heartbreaking song about loss of love. Keys & vox. (3:25)
3 ** Mid-fast. Fun Paul Simon-like tune. Bouncy calypso rhythm guitar & synth. (5:00)
4 Slow. Gentle & melancholy. Vague: something has changed; it’s not clear what. (5:21)
5 Mid-tempo. Strong, churning rhythm; lots going on; but lyric lost in the mix. (8:11)
6 Slow, dreamy, Bon Iver-ish. Feelings of sadness on vacation. Electric guitar solo. (6:15)
7 * A pretty ballad for his baby boy. Layered guitars incl slide; elegant keys & perc. (5:46)
8 * Slow, sad, graceful. A lament about the burdens we carry through life. (4:26)
9 * Mid-tempo. Rich, immersive instrumental (with non-verbal voices). (6:22)
After a five-year break and a move from Brooklyn to Nashville, here is Matthew Houck’s (as Phosphorescent) follow up to his breakout album Muchacho, which got good airplay on KZSU. Houch brings strong singing to his clever songwriting and intricate multi-instrument arrangements. Songs are about love, loss, fatherhood, all that good songwriting stuff.
No FCC issues
1 Striking but very short prelude. Synth & non-verbal chants. Can be intro to #2. (1:17)
2 ** Mid-slow. Gorgeous & heartbreaking song about loss of love. Keys & vox. (3:25)
3 ** Mid-fast. Fun Paul Simon-like tune. Bouncy calypso rhythm guitar & synth. (5:00)
4 Slow. Gentle & melancholy. Vague: something has changed; it’s not clear what. (5:21)
5 Mid-tempo. Strong, churning rhythm; lots going on; but lyric lost in the mix. (8:11)
6 Slow, dreamy, Bon Iver-ish. Feelings of sadness on vacation. Electric guitar solo. (6:15)
7 * A pretty ballad for his baby boy. Layered guitars incl slide; elegant keys & perc. (5:46)
8 * Slow, sad, graceful. A lament about the burdens we carry through life. (4:26)
9 * Mid-tempo. Rich, immersive instrumental (with non-verbal voices). (6:22)
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