Phantom Fruit: Diamonded, Bloodied, Jesus Cassette

Oakland has been quietly doing something right for a while now, and Phantom Fruit are proof the deathrock bloodline is in better hands than most people realise.

Released in 2024, Diamonded, Bloodied, Jesus lands somewhere in the tradition of early 80s post-punk gothicism, the kind of record that owes a debt to Christian Death and Siouxsie without just being a tribute act. There's grime under the fingernails here, the kind of American gothic that sounds like it was recorded in a church nobody uses anymore. On cassette, which is the correct format for music that already sounds like it belongs to another era.

Format: Cassette. Artist: Phantom Fruit. Origin: USA (Oakland, CA). Genre: Deathrock, Post-Punk, Gothic Rock. Released: 2024.

Fans of: Christian Death, 45 Grave, Cinema Strange, Bloody Dead and Sexy.