I was lucky enough to attend and perform at the annual Garden Festival event in Croatia last weekend (9th, 10th, 11th July) and as part of the line of up of acts and DJs they had the Phenomenal Handclap Band or PHB to their friends… Now I was aware of this act but had not paid that much attention as foolishly, I thought they were a deep house production team out of Germany, not the lush 10 piece band as I witnessed on the Saturday evening.

Harking from NYC this band definitely look back at the San Fran, Haight and Astbury 60’s vibe for influence… There is a real folk / psychedelic feel to these wonderful artists, think also the sounds of Deep Purple with pop sensibilities and you are kind of close…

The band are a pretty unique looking bunch with the main female vocal lead looking like a young and very attractive Cher…

Their performance was tight and worked very well under the early Adriatic evening light…

I recommend you purchase their album which can be found on iTunes HERE…

For more PHB information check their MySpace

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