Alternative Tentacles is well known for its punk rock output. Applied Ignorance the debut album by The Phantom Limbs is no standard piece of punk music. This band plays a surprising sort of post-punk music. Their sound is very chaotic and has a lot of spooky undertones like horror-punk acts used to have. Another distinctive aspect of their sound is the use of a somewhat 60’s sounding organ instead of the standard synthesizer.
Next to post-punk and new wave influences there are also very clear 80’s punk elements in the music. Due to this The Phantom Limbs will appeal to both punk
audience and a part of the post-punk and deathrock, in the Cinema Strange style for example, fans. Applied Ignorance is a good and surprising
debut album. I am already looking out to a sequel.
