Following their excellent collaborative EP with Big Boi under the name Big Grams last year, Phantogram have shifted the focus to their upcoming third full-length studio album (appropriately titled Three). Building on previous singles "You Don't Get Me High Anymore,""Run Run Blood," and "Cruel World," the New York duo shared "Same Old Blues" this afternoon—a powerful song that follows through on their promise of a dark, heavy album.
"Sarah, you know, lost her sister during the making of this album. Right in the middle of it, literally," producer Ricky Reed explained to SPINabout the heavy-hearted nature surrounding the album's creative process. "We were about five or six songs in. Becky passed away, and then we took time off, of course, and got back to work, and even before then it was a pretty dark album, and of course, you can imagine after. So, I think it might surprise people: a) how dark it is and b) how heavy it is at times. It’s really heavy; it’s very affronting."
Check out a stream of the new song above and watch a mini-documentary about the creation of Three (set for release on October 7) below.
