By Henry Lipput
It’s scary how good this song sounds. The Jack Rubies’ new single “Phantom” (Big Stir Records)
is a follow up of sorts to this year’s “Poltergeist” from the terrific Clocks
Are Out Of Time album (their first in 30 years).
“Phantom” is a song that celebrates and acknowledges a time
of year filled with monsters and goblins but would also, at any other time, be
a major dance club hit. It’s certainly early enough in the year for the DJs
in the know to pick up on this and make it part of their set (where's my 12-inch remix?). And the song is
as much about the spirits that haunt us as it’s about relationships that end
and create a haunted house with someone who is no longer a part of your life and seen
out of the corner of your eye.
The sound of “Phantom” recalls the sounds of The Jack Rubies' original contemporaries like The Boomtown Rats (especially Mondo Bongo). There’s
also some more time travel going on in the video for the song in which the
band dons masks of their younger selves.
Here's the video:
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