The Phantom Eye is back with a new single "Circuit Rider", whose runtime perfectly strides the line between downtempo spaciness and in-your-face riffing . "Circuit Rider" was recorded at Studio G Brooklyn with Justin Mantooth. The video was shot and conceived by Susan Hunt.
"Growing up a preachers kid, I always had trouble believing," said The Phantom Eye vocalist Pete Ross. "It weighed heavily on me as I got older. I envied God's flock and the everlasting life they were promised. Servitide was the path to salvation.
"I've always been so certain that we are entirely alone. The love and light that the believers saw was never shown on me. I was never given evidence to believe or reason to follow. I saw god being weaponized and used to justify wicked behavior. I saw an institution built on community and fellowhip be a de facto place of exclusion and division.
"This song is how I feel about those struggles. I'll never understand serving something you can't see, something that never shows it's face. If you never answer, why should I offer my reverence?"
