Tongue Tied is one of those pieces that feel like art when you hear it. Despite the track’s contemporary taste, it strays away from the FM repertoire—catching a vibe that has bob as well introspection. The soundscape straddles the lands of sci-fi and fantasy, dwelling in some futuristic space where magic and science converge. The stacks of pulsing synths set the scene while the drums kick the beat into over-vibe. The vocals carry a certain tone of indifference, like a passenger immune to the adventure of interstellar travel. A subtle layer of vocoder reinforces the feel, bestowing a cyborg like aura to the singer. The lyrical melody however, paints a vignette of very human emotion. Melancholy and desire intertwine within the singer’s outlook as they struggle to disentangle circumstance from choice.
The song comes from a moment of desire, when you connect with someone but can't be with them because life has taken you both somewhere different. And try as you may to swim against the currents of circumstance, your past choices keep you from forging a future with someone you want to be with.
Composition by Hector Alexander Fontanet, Nick Emiliozzi and Parry Kitt. Lyrics by Wayne J Price, Parry L Kitt and Hector Alexander Fontanet. Music by Phantom Phunk. Produced by Hector Fontanet. Recorded and mixed at Harmonic Factory Studio, Tampa, FL. Mastered by Steve Corrao at Sage Audio. Copyright 2020.
“Developing a brilliant and luxuriant multi-layered sound, the core group Phantom Phunk strikes back with a work that sounds like a sort of psychedelic journey, lush with synth sounds and moved by a rhythmic push-and-pull”. “It is an ecstatic listening experience of exquisite workmanship, made dynamic by the way melodic parts alternate with rapped flowing sections, all within a spatially composed, balanced and well thought out sound spectrum”.
Tongue Tied sees them in a slightly chilled mood, dreamy soul vibes tethered down just enough to keep things from becoming too drifty and transient by after hours clubland beats and gentle and exotic, otherworldly electronica. It is spacious and unsecond-guess-able …that’s a word, I checked…it blends half-urgent raps with blissed out vocals, it sways and sashays rather than grooves and it conjures a joyous, carefree feeling like little that you have heard before.
Making a genius multi-layered sound entitled ‘Tongue Tied’ in the studio based in Tampa, Phantom Phunk again has bewitched the gen-x audience with a diverse mix of musical harmonies. The ecstatic instrumentation serves the notion of a futuristic fantasy with profound lyrics put down by Wayne J Price, Parry L Kitt, and Hector Alexander, leaving a slight trace of their worldliness. It shares a vulnerable story of a desire for connection and isolation that makes us truly human.
About Phantom Phunk
Phantom Phunk is a songwriting project based out of Tampa studio Harmonic Factory. Using their studio space, the core group of writers manufactures sounds and beats that span beyond genre. With collaborative intent, their songs feature guest vocalists and producers to expand their musical ideas—a process which has culminated a diverse body of work since their debut in 2016. Each release from the project showcases a different lead vocalist and documents a different chapter of development for the group. This musical ambiguity allows them to roam between genre styles ranging from psychedelic rock to cloud rap. The blend of alt-rock and hip-hop gives the group a progressive sound comparable to the Gorillaz & Outkast.