“The moody duo try on multiple neon-colored hats, and not all of them fit”
“The duo foreground their most conventional pop sounds on their fourth album, but remain at their best at their strangest.”
“Since breaking out with their indie-tronica and dream pop-tinged debut, Eyelid Moves, in the late '00s, Phantogram have slowly moved on a path toward more conventional electro-pop. On Ceremony, they nearly complete that transition, but almost totally lose their identity in the process. A vast majority of the tracks on the album feature booming hip-hop drum patterns, singer Sarah Barthel deliveri”
