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Combining a passion for melodic psych and darkwave, Red Telephone’s 2023 debut album ‘Hollowing Out’ was described by Clash Music as “Gritty, brilliantly dark and expansive. A deliciously dark, mesmerising and a dystopian-tinged sonic palette that could have been heard in Bowie’s Berlin in the late 1970’s. An impressive and masterful debut.” 

Hailing from Cardiff, the multi-instrumentalists with two sets of brothers in their ranks released their first two singles as a double A-side vinyl on Welsh cult label Popty-Ping and have been championed by Huw Stephens & Steve Lamacq. The five-piece recently finished recording their second album, which is due for release in October 2024.

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“Gritty, brilliantly dark and expansive. A deliciously dark, mesmerising and a dystopian-tinged sonic palette that could have been heard in Bowie’s Berlin in the late 1970’s. An impressive and masterful debut.” - Clash Music

“Very nicely layered. Has a bit of early 80s melodrama; a sort of Pet Shop Boys croon and a Krautrock halo.” – Steve Lamacq, BBC 6 Music

“They have the potential to soundtrack a generation.” – Drowned in Sound

“Something brilliantly dark about this, with their synth psych noir with a pulse. Real potential to go big.” - Chris Hawkins, BBC 6 Music

“With music as smart as their aesthetic, Cardiff’s Red Telephone are making neo-noir sounds that could have made it onto the ‘Drive’ soundtrack.” – Gigwise

Delay the New Day

What To Believe

What to Believe

Intertwined

Callum Pitt - Ghost 

Silent like a ghost, don’t wanna be seen, I run
Like a boy near fire, dripping with gasoline
And the sun dropped behind your house as I pushed through the gate
And quickly up the thin staircase
Like I was running late

Nothing looked like it was different, you were smiling, it was bright
So much so I could imagine nothing changed and you were alright
While I wanted to believe it, I was holding you so tight

In and out of time, I feel it beating, the sun
April’s brief relief, relief is fleeting
It hurts to watch you fade this way, I’m moving to acceptance day
Lost in the fresh bouquets

We were walking down your lane, by a park we went when I was eight
It took two or three times long, the cars were lost within the birdsong
And I’ll remember all the best parts and I’ll hold them within my chest
Like the words of a song echo on and on

Nothing looked like it was different, you were smiling, it was bright
So much so I could imagine it was June and you were alright
While I wanted to believe it, sat up knowing on the night you had to go
You had to go, you had to go

Nothing looked like it was different, you were smiling, it was bright
So much so I could imagine it was June and you were alright
While I wanted to believe it, sat up knowing on the night

©℗ 2020 Humble Angel Records

Intertwined

Dave Thomas Junior

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