Hide the children: Phantom Family Halo rejoins fellow Louisvillians Young Widows and Australia’s My Disco for a spring tour of the midwest, south and east coast. Of course, they’re kicking it of with a hometowner. See below:
3/9: Louisville, KY @ Vernon Club
3/10: Detroit, MI @ Small’s
3/11: Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
3/12: Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club
3/13: Milwaukee, WI @ The Borg Ward
3/14: Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop Bar
3/20: Pittsburgh, PA @  TBA
3/21: Brooklyn, NY @ Charleston
3/22: Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Neck Tie
3/23: Washington, DC @ DC9
3/24: Charlotte, NC @ Milestone
3/25: Athens, GA @ 40 Watt
3/26: Atlanta, GA @ 529
3/27: Birmingham, AL @ The Firehouse

Joe Lord from Velocity Weekly had this to say about Phantom Family Halo’s double LP:

The ominous tones and noisy guitars resonate under Dominic Cipolla’s sinister talk-singing on “Blackouts and Runaways,” the opening track on this double LP. It’s followed with a jolting metal attack, more akin to Cipolla’s metal foray, Dead Child. This duel of soft, subtle and artsy against angry, aggressive and brutal — driven by powerful drumming from the late, great Tony Bailey — is the most interesting aspect of “Monoliths” — or at least until the two sides merge into a series of songs that are mellower than metal, but more forceful than art rock. Double LPs are always daunting tasks, and rarely fare well when judged against the standard 40-minute album. “Monoliths” works, however, achieving a telling juxtaposition of dark power and dark art.

Phantom Family Halo performs Jan. 20 @ The Empty Bottle in Chicago.

Happy New Year everyone!

Phantom Family Halo’s new double LP, Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die, is available in Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands via Mandai Distribution. Each double LP comes with a free download of the entire album. Stateside, the band performs Jan. 20 at The Empty Bottle in Chicago.

Phantom Family Halo performs Jan. 20 at the Empty Bottle.

Their double LP, Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die is available now at the following: ear X-tacy, Underground Sounds, Skull Alley (Louisville), Reckless Records (Chicago), The Vinyl Collective (Colorado), Robotic Empire (Washington), Mandai (Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands), Code 7 (UK) and all Phantom Family Halo shows.

Each copy comes with a free download of the entire album.

Thanks everyone!

Read the full list here.

Don’t forget, ‘Planet Louisville,’ which features music from Phantom Family Halo, premieres at Monkey Wrench (Barret Avenue in Louisville’s Highlands neighborhood) at 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 26. The film is the work of BMX pro and Louisville native Jimmy Levan.

“Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die” double LP with free download is available now at ear X-tacy, Underground Sounds, Skull Alley, Chicago Independent, The Vinyl Collective and Robotic Empire, as well as digitally through thinkindie.com and iTunes (U.S.). For our overseas customers, vinyl can also be purchased via Code 7 (UK) and Mandai (Benelux).

Two online vinyl outlets, Robotic Empire and The Vinyl Collective, are now carrying copies of Louisville Is For Lovers Vol. 9, Ben Sollee’s Learning To Bend, The White & Green Belts, (Joe Manning, Pokey LaFarge, The Fervor and Wussy), Ume’s Sunshower EP, Rachel Grimes’ Book Of Leaves and Phantom Family Halo’s 2XLP Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die.

“Planet Louisville,” a new film from Louisville native and BMX pro Jimmy Levan, features music from Phantom Family Halo, as well as The For Carnation, Speed To Roam, Strike City and many others. The film, dedicated to former Halo drummer Tony Bailey, will be shown Saturday, Dec. 26 beginning at 10 p.m. at The Monkey Wrench (Barret Ave. in The Highlands neighborhood).

Phantom Family Halo performs tonight at Skull Alley with Young Widows and Russian Circles. The three bands have been on a tour of the east coast and Canada this winter. Showtime is 8 p.m. $10. All ages. Phantom Family Halo’s new 2XLP Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die with free download will be for sale at the venue, as well as ear X-tacy, Underground Sounds and here online at karatebodyrecords.com.

Phantom Family Halo, Russian Circles and Young Widows will play at Gallery 5 in Richmond, Va. on Dec. 5, and Sneaky Dee’s in Toronto Dec. 8.

Copies of Phantom Family Halo’s new double LP, Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die, are for sale now at karatebodyrecords.com, as well as through Chicago Independent Distribution.