If you haven’t checked out the new 5-song EP by El Radio Fantastique (band name pronunciation key: “El Ray-dee-oh Fan-tas-teek”), these guys are about to be your new favorite classic-rock-influenced indie band from California. They especially remind me a lot of Pulp, in a real good way. They first reached my ears on the recommendation of Grammy-winning producer Jason Carmer, who also worked with my pals Kingsborough and Animal Hours. Give this bad boy a listen if you haven’t yet—I had quite a few hard copies to work with on this one, so it’s pretty likely you’ve got one waiting there for you if you’re at a college or non-commercial radio station (especially a NACC-reporting one)!
EL RADIO FANTASTIQUE
OUTSIDE OF SPACE AND TIME
Self-Released
El Radio Fantastique is the band that would be playing at Salvadore Dali’s birthday party. They are the band that defies all labels and description, that floats effortlessly across genres while always conveying a sense of cinematic drama, reckless abandon, and broken beauty. Through lush arrangements, driving rhythms and pop hooks, the dynamic swell of emotion that emanates from this group is undeniably deep. If Anton LaVey, Frank Sinatra and David Bowie dropped acid in New Orleans and had an orgy with The Beatles, their unholy offspring would be El Radio Fantastique.
The band hails from Point Reyes Station, CA and is led by its founder, Giovanni Di Morente. Channeling disparate past experiences as a grave digger, dumpster diver, and pop star (of the 80s band Times Two), DiMorente fancies the broken and the crooked, and he celebrates them with sublime melody and passion. Di Morente and the other members of El Radio Fantastique have bonds that go back to childhood. This deep connection manifests itself in their sound and in the familiar spell they cast onstage. Co-produced by Grammy winner Jason Carmer, Outside of Space and Time captures the band’s wild, beautiful, and ghostly essence.
**band name pronunciation key: “El Ray-dee-oh Fan-tas-teek”
RIYL: Pulp, The Beatles, David Bowie, T. Rex
Start With: 1, 2 FCC CLEAN
Contact me for a download link if you’re a radio rep!
https://www.elradiofantastique.com
https://www.facebook.com/elradiofantastique
https://www.instagram.com/elradio_fantastique/
https://elradiofantastique.bandcamp.com
the band mom loves you 
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