The Howling by The Phantom Band (Official Video)
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Directed by Martin Wedderburn and Bronagh Keegan, The Howling is The Phantom Band's first single proper from their intergalactically acclaimed debut 'Checkmate Savage'.
Filmed at various locations around Glasgow, with a 40 strong following of the band's fans standing in as cast and extras, the video was shot over the course of one long day. Locations were diverse: the Doublet bar in Glasgow's West End kindly giving their premises over free of charge for the morning's filming. Glasgow actor Allan Tall - who can be seen in Braveheart! - was enlisted for the role of the tramp in the Clyde underpass (fitting in filming between a matinee and evening performance of Scottish Opera's production of Cosi Fan Tutti).
Keen (as always) to maintain a certain degree of cabalistic inscrutability, The Phantom Band opted to don some rather fetching tetrahedron masks for the shoot - full frontal(!) cameos can be found within the video though if you're fleet of foot and eagle-eyed - the masks were hand made by director Martin Wedderburn and have been changing hands on ebay for upwards of £100 apparently.
What's the video about? Don't ask us, but it does contain the following:
car accident
a flare
tetrahedron masks
a tramp
woodland
pubs
tetrahedron masks
hand clapping
alcohol
leery drunkeness
tetrahedron masks
the afterlife? death? near death? dreams? nightmares?
we told you not to ask us.
The extremely limited edition 7" single is out at the end of May and features exclusive artwork by comic book artist/legend Frank Quitely. For those of you keen to get your hands on the album, feel free to check out Chemikal Underground's Online Shop where you can purchase a copy here:
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Thanks to Martin, Bronagh, Ray and all at MTP for delivering us such a great video.
I was camping in a field last week when this came on the radio. What a treat. I made a note. So pleased I did. Now I return. This is a gorgeous thing x
The Howling
The Phantom Band
Timely certain darkness come
Lay your finger down
Close my eyes and still my tongue
Make me dust again
Something nameless
A creeping unrest
Hard as we tried to be blessed
Always we ended up with less
Than we started with
Will there be a ghost on the day I die?
Following, fallen, dust I tried
To live beyond my lust and lie
It's all that I was
Well carry my body on the reckoning wind
Howling, howling
Fate shall brightly descend to love
Then take flight, then take flight
To bide away in an eerie hive
Between the day and night
But on earth when use
Timely our troops
Set your fingers under the noose
You held my legs and you cut me loose
And sent me through the gate
Well carry my body on the reckoning wind
What was flesh is dust again
Leave my spirit 'cause lust and sin
Is all that I was
Will there be a ghost on the day we die?
Howling, howling
Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
Will there be a ghost on the day I die?
Following, fallen, dust I tried
To live beyond my lust and lie
It's all that I was
Well carry my body on the reckoning wind
Howling, howling
Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
Carry my body on the reckoning wind
What was flesh is dust again
Leave my spirit 'cause lust and sin
Is all that I was
Will there be a ghost on the day we die?
Howling, howling
Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh, ohh
Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh, ohh
Ah, ah, ah, ah-ah
13 years on ... Was there or thereabouts for song of the year then ... Would be even closer if it came out now.
Had all their kit stolen a day or so before I was due to see them for the third time ....
Love this band
One of the best new bands to come along in a while. I fell in love with them and bought Checkmate Savage as soon as it was released.
This song has a strange fascination for me. This band and this song never really hit the heights, yet it's got such That strange distorted bass? sound and really unusual mix of sounds thrown in, like the high pitched keyboard notes.
So worried I wouldn't be able to hear it again. Must be at least 5 years since I listened to it. All I could remember was the word howling. PhewSo relieved to play it again
Austin public Co-op radio played this 2021, year 2 of the apocalypse in case you missed it. Very cool sound and poignant given the times.
ABSOFUKKENLOOTLEY BRILLIANT
Best new band I've heard in an AGE!!!
love it!
One of the best upbeat existential songs about death ever!
"What was flesh is dust again. Leave my spirit 'cause lust and sin is all that I was."
Very much looking forward to the new album Strange Friend on June 2nd.
"Carry my body on the reckoning wind, howling...howling!"
I've been listeing to this tune for ages, its one of the best tunes ive heard in a long while!
First time i've slee seen the video!! nice one lads!!!
That was pretty cool.
Like the sly trippy hand claps,genius,as for the song...happy days are comin back with songs like this...noiseovshadow
great stuff guys, hope to see you in Greece asap!
best tune i've heard in a very long time
a crackin single. has brilliant longivity. willl remain a top tenner fer this tim, fer some time to come. Well done lads ....athumbsupsmileyhere
Forwarding this to my girlfriend, she grew up in Glasgow.
The Phantom Band are headlining the Kiss My AFF-festival in Genk-Belgium. It's a free festival on august 6th 2011.
Another really, really good Scottish Band.
Love this song. Has me in mind on TV On The Radio, Eeeeck, or should i no have said that ?
Love it, regardless!!
some sexy beasts that phantom band is...great albums from start to finish!
Hope you'll always exist!!!!!
See the guy with the bottle of beer in the tunnell? That's you that is.
superb
You boys been listening to The Moog Machine by any chance?
pure dead brilliant by the way
keep, calm and listen scottish indie music :)
ding dang
Should've known.Not a distorted bass but obviously a keyboard generated sound. Having seen them perform this on the Culture Show back in 2009
I wish my bar-man could groove like that...how come they arnt doing the festivals ?...there loss not the bands,,,
@LalaBadd there is only one version of this track. You think someone has covered it? would be great to hear
Trippy version of "smack my bitch up",but alot better
The video is far better than the song.