Last year, I had the privilege of attending an Actors concert in Detroit and that was my introduction to their talented keyboard player, Shannon Hemmett. I was thrilled to find out that she was working with Actors front man Jason Corbett on new solo material recorded under the name LEATHERS. Today we are treated with the new single called Phantom Heart. This song definitely sounds like an ACTORS collaboration because 3 seconds into the song, and I want to cross fade it with the ACTORS single – We Don’t Have To Dance.
LEATHERS will remind you of dreamy vocalists like Julee Cruise or SPC ECO’s Rose Berlin, singing over dark wave/post punk beats. It’s a welcome addition to a genre mostly dominated by male vocalists.
Catch Shannon on tour with ACTORS and keep your fingers crossed that she will get to sing one of her own tracks. Pretty please!
it’s in the photographs
midnight liquid sky
empty when you laugh
the moonlight in your eyesall the dreamless nights
wishing without stars
bring me back to life
unbreak my phantom heartthe empty hourglass
waiting for the crashmotionless days
i try and hide away
as bright as flame
i try to hide awayi taste you in the air
the fantasy is mine
fall without a care
i wake up every timeall the sleepless night
wishing on the stars
i would give my life
unbreak my phantom heart
Do you like what you hear? Here is some bonus LEATHERS. The 2017 single, Day For Night.
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