O'PHANTOM Hull Alt-Indie “Ghost Collective” Newcomers Reveal Debut Single ‘Cold Call’
Introducing: O’Phantom
Hull Alt-Indie “Ghost Collective” Newcomers Reveal Debut Single
‘Cold Call’ - out now!
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“Ghost collective” newcomers O’Phantom are delighted to reveal their debut single ‘Cold Call’, which is set for release on 24th October 2024.
Produced by Matt Peel (Traams, Divorce, Honesty) the song details the pains of growing older, alongside a backdrop of vintage, ghostly synths and distorted reverberating guitars.
Commenting on the single, songwriter and frontman Daniel Mawer says: “‘Cold Call’ was the first song I wrote for O’Phantom and quickly became one of our favourites to play. Matt helped steer it away from an upfront acoustic song into something more retrospective and nuanced which was a really rewarding process whilst working with a collective for the first time.”
Formed through a shared love of music and independent venues within their North East hometown, Hull alt-indie collective O’Phantom are inspired by the rugged and isolated northern landscapes of their surroundings. Melding The Cure’s songwriting sensibilities and Broadcast’s use of synths with a keen devotion to tape music and lo-fi sounds, Yorkshire’s gothic history and the region’s DIY attitude has helped the six-piece band develop frenetic soundscapes centred around melancholic self-reflection.
What began as a cathartic songwriting exercise at Hull’s open mic nights for songwriter Daniel Mawer, quickly became a collective, keen to incorporate vintage synths and chorus pedals into their sound. Band members Rose, Daniel, and Rowan began working on material in between shifts at their much-loved local independent music venue Polar Bear Music Club, using the stage before or after events to rehearse.
The venue would provide a comforting space to incorporate friends Beth (All Gone South) Tom (Neoplastic) and Lucy (Dead Naked Hippies) into the band’s first sessions. Armed tentatively with new material, the collective were booted into shape by producer Matt Peel, who helped further incorporate lo-fi songwriting sensibilities into the project.
Through working with Peel, the band developed a love for acts like Broadcast and Stereolab whilst taking further inspiration from their drives through the gothic countryside that surrounds Humberside.
Now ready to reveal their debut single and hinting at a larger body of work to come in 2025, O’Phantom will be revealing further new music and live dates over the coming months.
Debut single ‘Cold Call’ released 24th October 2024
Live Dates:
WED 30TH OCTOBER 2024 - Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield (w/ BLOODWORM)
SAT 3RD FEBRUARY 2025 - The New Adelphi Club, Hull (BUDfest 2025)
