"Her old house, her old orchid tree are a dream to me / I was glad to leave home but found my soul at the end of her street..."
Some songs you like because they are pervasively catchy and some songs you like because they creep inside your emotional crevices and make you feel something. "Phantom Feedback Part 2" by Chicago bred, Denver based singer-songwriter / multi-instrumentalist Matt McLean is a song that I like for both reasons. It is the 10th track on the 2022 "Leaving a Pink Cloud" album that just dropped last month and features bandmate Michelle Poulin on vox (who also co-wrote it). Running on double time acoustic guitar strums, mellow organ tones, warm bass lines, moving drums and Michelle's somberly painted vox, the song has a bohemian folk sensibility. As electric guitar embellishments and other sounds layer in along with self harmonies and illusionary sounds, this "Phantom" ends on a surreal note. But soon you realize it hasn't ended at all. The stark piano coda makes all before it feels more grand, like the ending piano is a remembrance of impactful, life altering moments.
While most of the songs on "Leaving a Pink Cloud" are written by Matt McLean, there are a few penned with Michelle Poulin, like the aforementioned "Phantom Feedback Part 2" as well as "Phantom Feedback Part 1". I could not tell you of the significance of these two sister songs but as I listen to both back and forth (as if they are puzzles to be figure out) they both do feel like they could be in the same movie.
The players, the partners in crime on this collection of songs are:
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://mattmclean.bandcamp.com/
https://music.apple.com/us/album/phantom-feedback-pt-2-feat-michelle-poulin/1602987604?i=1602987974
We get by with a little help from our friendsMatt McLean - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Synth, Piano, Vocals
Michelle Poulin - Vocals
Michael Green - Guitar and Bass
Tommy Carrol - Drums
Michelle Poulin - Vocals
Michael Green - Guitar and Bass
Tommy Carrol - Drums
I hope you delve into the album or, in the least, these "Phantom..." songs.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://mattmclean.bandcamp.com/
https://music.apple.com/us/album/phantom-feedback-pt-2-feat-michelle-poulin/1602987604?i=1602987974
https://open.spotify.com/track/7yJgZRn7zPRtjobPXULmMk
Singer/songwriter from Chicago and newly based in Denver. His songs are fueled by narcotics and mommy issues. All relationships were harmed in their making.
Singer/songwriter from Chicago and newly based in Denver. His songs are fueled by narcotics and mommy issues. All relationships were harmed in their making.
Matt McLean, featuring Michelle Poulin, singer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, solo artist, band, full length album, "Leaving a Pink Cloud", "Phantom Feedback Part II", indie rock, folk indie,
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