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Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel grew up in Greenwich, NY, a small town of approximately 5,000 people. They formed Charlie Everywhere in 2007 after moving to the nearby town of Saratoga nearby and their music has since flourished. They later changed the band's name to Phantogram after releasing their first EP, "Running from the Cops."
Phantogram's music sounds like it came from a metropolitan band, according their online profile on the Barsuk records website. Their music is categorized by electronic loops, loose hip-hop beats, soul rhymes and pop sounds, each element having a place somewhere in all their songs.
Phantogram is known for preferring rural locations to write and record their music. Though they're technically based in Saratoga, the duo famously drives 45 minutes upstate to Harmony Lodge, a farmland barn that doubles as their homemade recording studio, practice space and self-described "Bat Cave."
It's there that Phantogram allows their natural surroundings and metropolitan influences to meld together creating beautiful, beat-driven dreamlike pop songs.
Phantogram's unique dance-friendly sound has helped them play as opening acts for more established bands such as The Antlers, Metric, Minus The Bear, Zero 7, The xx, Ra Ra Riot, Yeasayer, Brazilian Girls and The Slip. They've also performed at the SXSW festival and Camp Bisco 8 in 2009. In 2011, their song "When I'm Small" was featured in the opening episode of MTV's adaptation of Skins. They made their TV debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Feb. 2
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