The Saratoga Springs, NY duo of Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel, known collectively as Phantogram, are preparing to tour multiple times in 2010. In celebration of the release of their debut LP, eyelid movies (out February 9th, but available for pre-orders now), the band will be hitting the east coast and some Midwest dates. You can listen to the record in its entirety on the NPR website here.

Phantogram's beautiful beat-driven dreamlike album, eyelid movies, is now available for pre-ordering in the Barsuk shop. The band will be touring throughout February with Junk Culture (and a few dates with Minus The Bear).

The vinyl version of eyelid movies will be released by Ghostly International and will also be available here as soon as they're ready.

Nice capture of the band in the KEXP studio.

Phantogram's music sounds like it's made by a band from the city. Electronic loops, hip-hop beats, shoegaze, soul, pop — each finds its way into their songs. Unexpectedly, the band calls the town of Saratoga Springs, NY (population 26,186) home. But Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel, the duo that make up Phantogram, have flourished in Saratoga. In fact, the town itself isn't rural enough for their taste — they drive almost every day another 45 minutes into upstate farmland to a barn they call Harmony Lodge to write and record. Serving as their homemade studio/practice space/think-tank/bat-cave, the barn is equipped with various samplers, tapes, records, synths, drums, and both percussive and stringed instruments, and it's there that Phantogram allows their natural surroundings and metropolitan influences to meld together creating beautiful, beat-driven dreamlike pop songs.

The band's debut album, eyelid movies, will be out in early 2010 — listen to a track from the upcoming release here.