Voices review Phantogram's giddy blend of electro and aching vocals

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Self-styled "street beat" exponents, Phantogram are Brooklyn's Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter, whose debut album, Eyelid Movies, was compared to Portishead and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Five years on, they're still a giddy blend of clanging electro and Barthel's aching voice, though Phantogram are stranger than most post-xx acts. Nothing But Trouble echoes uber-goths Bauhaus, while Never Going Home is the soundtrack to Twin Peaks had Phil Spector been commissioned to write it. Occasionally,, mostly when Carter sings, Voices falls flat, but Phantogram's audacity is commendable.

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