Биография

Up Against The Phantom is an alternative indie rock band from Oslo that emerged from nothing in the spring of 2015 when they were picked up by NRK Urort to play at the Slottsfjell Festival. Inspired by bands such as My Bloody Valentine, The Cure, Sonic Youth, Pj Harvey and others they pour out noisy guitar walls, dreamy melody lines, pulsating bass tunes and hard-hitting drumming with punches and punk. The band released their debut album "Leave me innocent" in 2016, triggering festival jobs and club concerts in Norway and Sweden, as well as a two-week tour in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Several of the songs from the album have been widely praised and played on NrkP13 and NrkP3. In September 2019 came the somewhat darker sequel album "TRIESTE" which continued the driving, dreamy mood of the debut with beautiful vocal harmonies and melodic guitars. The publication was well received both in Norway and abroad. Several of the songs on the album are accompanied by beautiful and psychedelic music videos, in the well-known UATP style. Up Against The Phantom never gives less than 100% on stage. They put their soul into delivering a highly voiced stage show where female and male vocals flow together in a floating symbiosis, which draws the audience into their dark and beautiful dreamy universe.