Maz & The Phantasms, Scotland On Sunday, 11 June 2023
Maz & The Phantasms | Dragon Soop Artist of the Week in Scotland On Sunday, 11 June 2023
Words by Derick Mackinnon and Olaf Furniss. Read on Scotsman.com
Growing up in a small Catalan fishing town, Mariam El Sadr bought her first guitar at the age of 14 with money she won in a poetry contest, then learned how to play by watching youtube videos. Four years later she moved to Edinburgh to study film, where she honed her craft busking and met Jamie Sparkles, with whom she began to write.
Decamping to Glasgow shortly before the pandemic, they recruited local musicians for Maz & The Phantasms, recently completing a tour of the UK and playing the Knockengorroch Festival. Their next single, Something In The Sun, has an upbeat summer vibe which manages to give an early nod to Orange Juice, before ending with lead guitar that hints at El Sadr’s musical apprenticeship in a rock covers band.
Released on 7 July, it will be launched the following night at the band’s Phantasmagasm night at Glasgow’s Bonjour venue, and is fundraiser for LGBT Unity. Maz & The Phantasms also play Kelburn Garden Party (2 July) and Doune The Rabbit Hole (21 July), and in September embark on a tour of Germany. Expect great things from their debut album, which is released on vinyl in early 2024 see https://www.facebook.com/mazphantasms and https://www.instagram.com/mazphantasms/
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