Fossils And Other Phantoms

General | Jun 2010

Reviews

Nick Tatonetti
Reviewed 2010-09-20
Peggy Sue
Fossils and Other Phantoms

British girl folk-punk duet, emphasis on the "folk". Catchy earthy rhythms and soulful melodies mix "brooding anti-folk" with "fiery indie pop". If you like Mumford and Sons, Kate Nash, CocoRosie, and/or Adele, then you'll like these catchy tracks. Start with 2, 3, 10, 9, 4.

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1. (3:47) Slow, folksy blues. Acoustic beats and guitar with slick female harmonies.
2. *** (3:51) Mid-Up beat, traveling through town, foot tappin goodness.
3. *** (3:08) Mid-Slow, Is that a kazoo? I think it is. Beatles went down to Georgia.
4. ** (4:32) Slow, very pretty guitar melody opens this soft emotional track.
5. (3:25) Mid tempo, folksy brooding glory.
6. (4:38) Slow and brooding. Dramatic folk-rock ballad.
7. (2:51) Slow, quick (almost spoken) female vocals. Pretty melodies.
8. (3:53) Slow, Spooky acoustic guitar opening. Ethereal female vocals. Very slowly builds.
9. ** (2:51) Mid Tempo, southern working-in-the-field bluesy feel.
10. *** (2:54) Mid-Up Tempo, dramatic guitar+drugs+vocals opener.
11. (4:05) Slow, chimes, guitar, vocals. Makes the heart hurt a little.
12. (2:56) Slow, love lorn vocals over acoustic guitar.

Recent airplay

February Snow
Yo Mama
Music CasseroleNov 13, 2010
I Read It In The Paper, Yo Mama
public noize racketNov 10, 2010
Yo Mama
Smartie PopNov 02, 2010
Yo Mama
The KnifeOct 29, 2010

Charting

2010-09-26 — 2010-11-28
Week EndingAirplays
Nov 14 2
Nov 7 1
Oct 31 1
Oct 24 1
Oct 17 1
Oct 10 1

Track listing

1. Long Division Blues
2. Yo Mama
3. I Read It In The Paper
4. Green Grow The Rushes
5. Watchman
6. She Called
7. Careless Talk Costs Lives
8. The Remainder
9. Matilda
10. February Snow
11. Fossils
12. The Shape We Made