Phantogram – “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore”
“You Don’t Get Me High Anymore” was released as the leading single off of Phantogram’s third studio album, “Three”. The song first premiered on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 Radio on June 17, 2016 and it revealed a transition into a new and edgier style of music for the band.
In an interview with Pitchfork, Phantogram front woman Sarah Barthel spoke about the band’s evolution of sound: “It’s a lot more fucking ‘boombastic’ and heavy,”
The single was a huge success and the album, which was later released on October 7th via Republic Records, climbed charts across the globe. The album reached the 9th spot on the US Billboard 200 list at its peak.
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