In May 2023, the band released a re-recording of “California” as a non-album single and in November released their first new material since 2020, a Christmas single titled “Maybe You Still Call it Christmas”. This was soon followed by a series of other singles including “Drive On” in April 2024…
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On May 7, the band officially released their first song in 11 years, “Balisong”. The song was a reworked version of a track previously released on Greenwald’s solo album. In March 2020, Phantom Planet announced the release of their fifth album Devastator on May 8, 2020, and their first album…
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On March 18, 2019, the band officially announced “Hiatus. Over.” They announced their first “public” show in over seven years at Hanson’s “Hop Jam” Music and Beer Festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 19, 2019. Before that event, they scheduled three shows across Southern California.
A Phantom Planet Instagram account was created on January 19, 2019, indicating that the band could be reforming. Additionally, band members posted the logo on their personal social media accounts. It was confirmed that the band played a small secret private show January 19, 2019, at No Name on Fairfax…
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In August 2013, the band, under Alex Greenwald & Phriends, performed a new song titled “Balisong”, which ended up being on Greenwald’s solo album and later released in 2019 as a single by the full band. This performance did not have bassist Sam Farrar because he was touring with Maroon…
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On December 20, 2011, Phantom Planet posted a video of them rehearsing the song “Knowitall”. Along with this upload, they announced that they would reunite for a few shows, and possibly even record an EP. In late January 2012, the band announced their first reunion show, June 13, at The…
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On November 25, 2008, Phantom Planet announced in a blog entry on their website that they would be going on hiatus and playing their last show December 12, 2008 at The Troubadour in Los Angeles.
Early on in the recording process of their fourth studio album, Phantom Planet’s contract with Epic Records expired and they signed to Fueled by Ramen . Raise the Dead was released on April 15, 2008. When describing the new record, Greenwald described it as “a concept record. If The Beatles…
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The band’s eponymous third album in 2004 marked a change in both the band’s sound and lineup. Ditching their radio-friendly pop rock, the band moved towards a garage rock sound. Lead singer Alex Greenwald said it was an intentional choice: “I especially loved bands, like The Beatles, that changed with…
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The Guest was released in 2002. The group toured for almost 18 months both as a headliner and an opening act, and in late 2002 the band got the opportunity to open for one of their collective idols, Elvis Costello . The Guest got an extra boost when the record’s…
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