Coming out in the summer days following the spring time quarantine, ‘A Week Ago’ brings a refreshing feel of light airiness with it. The guitar line opens the song in a jolly and slightly quirky fashion, setting the tone for the track. As the beat enters, it carries the thematic set of harmonies, “oooh-ing” over the rhythm like a cool breeze washing away the hot sun. Notions of realness spliced with clever metaphors give the verse a lyrical weight that balances out the light nature of the song. The song opens up at the hook, which sweeps you into its world of aimless joy. Plot twists occur following the chorus which gives this track the right amount of nooks and crannies to keep the listener’s attention focused but still relaxed. ‘A Week Ago’ is one of those windows-down summer jams that make you shamelessly sing into your Slurpy straw every time it’s on.
“A Week Ago” is one of those windows-down summer jams that you can shamelessly sing into your steering wheel as you slurp lemonade and drive off into the sunset.
Composition by Nick Emiliozzi and Hector Alexander Fontanet. Lyrics by Nick Emiliozzi, Parry L Kitt, Wayne J Price and Rachel Pomare-Davis. Music by Phantom Phunk. Produced by Hector Fontanet, Nick Emiliozzi, Parry Kitt and Wayne Price. Recorded and mixed at Harmonic Factory Studio Tampa, FL. Mastered by Steve Corrao at Sage Audio. Copyright 2020.
“A Week Ago” is Phantom Phunk’s brand new single and it sets the perfect summertime vibe with a chill mix of organic and electronic elements grooving over a cool old-school downtempo beat. From a laid back rap verse to the, “I just wanna float away” chorus, the song dreams of escaping the noise of the day and our modern world.
Breaking the rules and blurring the lines is what Phantom Phunk does best, and here they add a sense of blissful confusion to the proceedings and the result is a song which is both slightly off kilter and bang on the money!
With the fascinating forte of mixing ambiguous beats in multi-layered musical compositions written by the genius songwriters/musicians, popularly known as Phantom Phunk in Tampa, has brought us a gift of their divine musicality. It is the new song “A Week Ago” that bends to hip hop music in the middle of the verses and makes subtle progress with the edgy pop notes in the hooks. It suggests the surreal emotional conflicts that we hide are the reasons that bend us down in tough times and swing us to the edge of disappointment.