The Phenomenal Handclap Band

Phenomenal: 1. Very remarkable, extraordinary 2. Perceptible by the senses or through immediate experience. Well, I don't know much about either of those two, but the first minute of Form & Control's opening track Following sounds like a dead ringer for ABBA's Lay All Your Love On Me at about half the speed; maybe being phenomenally cool enough to mess with the legendary is the point, except being made in a hipster, New Yoik kinda way.

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The Phenomenal Handclap Band aren't especially phenomenal, and their music doesn't feature too many handclaps. They aren't even much of band, insofar as that term suggests a unified, hermetically sealed group of like-minded musicians; the sound of their debut album was shaped by the contributions of a multitude of guest-stars, including members of Amy Winehouse's backing band and TV On The Radio. The critical reaction to that record's lazy, aimless disco-funk was so thoroughly lukewarm that it's hard to see the point of this remix album, unless it's an attempt to reinforce the group's already impressive reputation as consummate networkers.

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Review of The Phenomenal Handclap Band's self-titled album released through Tummy Touch Records.

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