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In 2000, Phoenix's first album release, United, blazed across the musical skies like a newly discovered comet. Paris, London, L.A. and New York were all captivated, with everyone from Sofia and Roman Coppola to Air heaping praise on them. And with good cause: great songs, great performances, great production and attention to detail. Powered by tracks like "Too Young" (which was featured on the Lost In Translation soundtrack), "Honeymoon" and "If I Ever Feel Better", critics hailed United a brilliant début, an album that one UK critic described as ..."undoubtedly the best post-French house, seventies country-rock concept album of modern love songs you're ever likely to hear"
For Alphabetical, Phoenix have once again given birth to a mutant, drawing on a range of disparate influences to create an idiom that is both coherent and profoundly original. Phoenix's four members - Thomas Mars (vocals), Christian Mazzalai (guitar), Laurent Brancowitz (guitar) and Deck d'Arcy (bass) closeted themselves away in their Paris studio, determined to create a recording at once more complete and more personal than United. They operated as a true collective, a symbiosis in which each member was equally responsible for the lyrics, music, performance, arrangements and production. They were adamant that, at every stage of the album's production, they do their utmost to retain their artistic signature, even if it meant allowing certain imperfections and accidents to make it into the final mix. Speaking of which Tony Hoffer (who has worked with Air, Turin Brakes, Beck, The Thrills) was brought on board to add his technical prowess to the final mixing - he was able to add a new dimension to the group's already well-marinated production.
For Alphabetical, Phoenix have once again given birth to a mutant, drawing on a range of disparate influences to create an idiom that is both coherent and profoundly original. Phoenix's four members - Thomas Mars (vocals), Christian Mazzalai (guitar), Laurent Brancowitz (guitar) and Deck d'Arcy (bass) closeted themselves away in their Paris studio, determined to create a recording at once more complete and more personal than United. They operated as a true collective, a symbiosis in which each member was equally responsible for the lyrics, music, performance, arrangements and production. They were adamant that, at every stage of the album's production, they do their utmost to retain their artistic signature, even if it meant allowing certain imperfections and accidents to make it into the final mix. Speaking of which Tony Hoffer (who has worked with Air, Turin Brakes, Beck, The Thrills) was brought on board to add his technical prowess to the final mixing - he was able to add a new dimension to the group's already well-marinated production.
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