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With years of experience under their belt since forming in 2003, Phosphorescent has established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the music industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKnown for his mesmerizing vocals and skilled guitar playing along with other instruments such as bass, piano, and drums; Matt Houck is the driving force behind Phosphorescent's success. Having released albums under labels like Dead Oceans Records, Misra Records,and Warm Records; this talented artist continues to captivate audiences worldwide with his heartfelt lyrics and soulful melodies.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"muchacho","title":"Muchacho","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhosphorescent, the musical project of songwriter Matthew Houck, releases a new album titled, Muchacho. Nearly three years on from his breakthrough album 'here's to taking it easy', phosphorescent returns to the fray with his most stunning record yet. 'Muchacho' reprises the understated melancholia and sensuous minimalism of 'Pride,' while kicking up a little of 'Here's to taking it easy's dust, but it also strikes out into more adventurous waters via rhythm and electronic textures. Now, his sixth album Muchacho flashes yet another colour in the subtly-shifting Phosphorescent spectrum. 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'pride' was a deeply personal, haunting record that phosphorescent's matthew houck recorded on his own, playing all of the instruments himself. 2009's 'to willie' (their tribute to willie nelson) featured houck joined by his bandmates, rambling through the nelson catalog with fifths of whiskey and undeniable swagger. so if 'pride' was built for 5am and 'to willie' sounded just right as last call approached, where does 'here's to taking it easy' fit? this is the phosphorescent record made for any time, any season. featuring the current live incarnation of phosphorescent (scott stapleton, piano; jeff bailey, bass; chris marine, drums; jesse anderson ainslie, guitar; ricky ray jackson, pedal steel), 'here's to taking it easy' is the new cosmic american music. recorded in the band's hometown of brooklyn with outside mixing assistance from stuart sikes (white stripes, cat power, loretta lynn, the walkmen), this album breathes with life like nothing phosphorescent has ever done before. 'we'll be here soon' and 'hej, me i'm light' hint at the narcotic haze of pride, while anthems like 'the mermaid parade' and 'it's hard to be humble (when you're from alabama)' sound perfect pumped out of the car stereo with the windows rolled down. 'heaven, sittin' down' recalls the country rock of 'to willie', while the stark album closer, 'los angeles' sounds as if it was lifted from the grooves of neil young's 'on the beach'. jam after jam, 'here's to taking it easy' brings everything together for phosphorescent; a classic that could be from another era, but sounds perfect right here, right now. on dead oceans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50410118611275,"sku":"325482","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cc05dca3-b41c-4eee-a4e2-5cda48d60eb8_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726638049"},{"product_id":"pride-3","title":"Pride","description":"\u003cp\u003emusicians often head to new york - it's a familiar story. but something magical happened when matthew houck picked up stakes halfway through making his new phosphorescent record, pride, and moved to brooklyn from athens, georgia. 'pride' is something different. here, houck channels something mystical and haunting, offering up a dark, meditative set of songs that is all the more spiritual-sounding for its restrained tone. on previous albums, he's recruited guest musicians to fill the gaps, but on pride, houck has only enlisted the services of a makeshift choir, otherwise recording every instrument himself. his achingly cerebral delivery recalls arthur russell, but honestly, 'pride' sounds like nothing else we've ever heard. these are poems uttered in an empty field, punctuated by shouts and hollers, as if from a singer either abandoned or possessed. the lyrics are houck's strongest ever, wrapped in washed out choral etudes that could be channeled from a rural french chapel or a solemn african tribe in prayer. 'pride' sounds like it was made by a man set free. in fact, 'pride' sounds broken free of time and place altogether. yet still it is warm, familiar, and welcoming-a record to call home. phosphorescent has released two albums and an ep of haunting, epic and triumphant songs already but his first for dead oceans is far and away his finest work, sustaining a bittersweet, organic vibe throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dead Oceans","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50410211770699,"sku":"292297","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50410211639627,"sku":"292298","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9fa022f5-5c30-4354-9355-7b3ffda6856b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726640244"},{"product_id":"here-s-to-taking-it-easy","title":"Here's To Taking It Easy","description":"\u003cp\u003ethe vinyl comes with a free download. massive album - loved by uncut, mojo and rough trade shops. a bold and classic 70's rock record that sits somewhere between ray charles and neil young. just 20 seconds into the new phosphorescent album, you hear something so immediate, so purposeful, so damn infectious, it's clear that something special is underway. the first album of original material since 2007's 'pride' captures the band moving into a truly extraordinary place. here's to taking it easy is the culmination of the past three years: a grand statement, the album we dreamed phosphorescent would make. 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If not as gone as some of the performers in the field in recent years who seem to balance between stability and the lack thereof, Houck beats the heck out of so many who seem to only want to become the new Dan Fogelberg (sometimes with Tim Weisberg and sometimes without). Pride's eight songs are an almost fully solo effort, aside from some backing harmonies on a couple of tracks; as a one-man band, Houck shows he can re-create the as-if-it-was-a-live-jam feeling well; if by necessity songs like \"A Picture of Our Torn Up Praise\" can sometimes sound almost too perfect, their edges are sometimes just frayed enough. Tambourines stretch out towards the end of one song, while intercutting wordless harmonies, and soft yelps flesh out the arrangements further (a combination used to excellent effect to close out the title track and album as a whole). His fondness for his own harmony overdubs partially explains why he's received mentions from the Animal Collective fan base in its various incarnations, but Houck has his own spin on a deeper and more reflective approach that sometimes suggests early Spiritualized circa \"Feel So Sad.\" His arrangements at their lushest are beautifully ragged, a mélange of psych\/Americana that don't suggest one era or group of performers as much as a careful mishmash of them all, as is readily heard on the downbeat epic of \"Wolves,\" the album's clear standout, and the rich blend of acoustic and electric elements on \"My Dove, My Lamb,\" one of the more interesting uses of Christian imagery in a seemingly non-Christian vein currently out there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secretly Canadian","offers":[{"title":"Red | LP","offer_id":50452616446283,"sku":"1094268","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/32c0d4e1-b759-4cd5-83fc-9140730a6440_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727158299"},{"product_id":"live-at-the-music-hall","title":"Live at the Music Hall","description":"\u003cp\u003eInspired by live albums such as Bob Dylan's 'Hard Rain', Houck envisioned an album that, rather than play like a greatest hits collection, would present songs from throughout his catalog in new ways, representative of how the songs have grown and transformed over the years in the live setting. 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Like country songs from the lonesome prairie spruced up by Ennio Morricone on a synth. An occasional tinge of a Caribbean beach party atmosphere waft by. A hazy phazy swoosh of woozy synths curling and flowing and caressing the melody. And some serious heartbroken guitar shredding sunspots into your vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded in Nashville at Matthew Houck’s own Spirit Sounds Studio, C’est La Vie reveals a crystallization of what made Muchacho such a breakout a little sweetness and a little menace, sometimes boot-stomping and sometimes meditative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor years, Phosphorescent’s rise was a steady one: tours got a little better, rooms got a little bigger, and with it the music became more intricate, more ambitious in its recording and arrangement. 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