Pere Ubu Cloudland LP standard Jacket Phantogram's Josh Carter

Phantogram's Josh Carter

Fondness - Michael Scott Dawson

Nick's wordplay and razor-sharp lyrics shine bright with the twang-friendly tones of Los Straitjackets behind him

naming names and proudly so

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Pere Ubu Cloudland LP standard Jacket Phantogram's Josh CarterIn a press handout that accompanied the original release of Pere Ubu's Cloudland, David Thomas quipped "We'd never been asked to write a pop record before. I guess it never occurred to anyone." Given the sonic Dadaism of much of Pere Ubu's work, what's most startling is not that it took so long for someone to suggest they make a pop record but that they were able to comply so successfully. Stephen Hague, who had previously worked with the Pet Shop