Phillips Merchant Band

During lockdown, we all got a little weird, right? One day it hit me that an ex from years earlier was still in my brain, way way down in the gray matter. And I tried to picture going in there to find her like some sort of mythological adventure. I'm not usually very visual in my mind, but I ended up having a waking dream and found her down in the weeds in the muck in the marshes...and released her. You know, as one does. 🤷‍♂️

The lyrics describe exactly what I saw and did. Vocals from Tomás Baptista

Unfinished Business Provided to YouTube by Ditto MusicUnfinished Business · Phillips Merchant BandUnfinished Business℗ Matthew PhillipsReleased on: 2023-08-04Drums: Gregory Olei...

YouTube put this on an auto-generated playlist for our new track and I'm not mad 😂💀💀💀

https://youtu.be/fRy_-hku9V0?si=iVR6ihtqjg8oq-Is

With the first light of spring, we present
"Spring Came (In the Year 2025)"

Phillips Merchant Band ft. Fernando Perdomo, Durga McBroom, and Marie Edwards PMBE/PMB

Fernando Perdomo - all instruments, mixing, mastering, and production except:
Durga McBroom - vocals
Marie Edwards - clarinet
Matt Phillips - lyrics and sound art

Vocals recorded at sea on The Cruise to the Edge in March 2024

Artwork by Matt Phillips
Lyric video by Al Mamun

© 2025 Matt Phillips

Phillips Merchant Band ft. Fernando Perdomo, Durga McBroom, and Marie Edwards - Spring Came 2025 PMBE covers PMB, as Fernando Perdomo masterfully reimagines "Spring Came" from Phillips Merchant Band's 2023 debut album, Unfinished Business.Fernando Perdom...

New Phillips Merchant Band!

A teaser: Tomorrow, the first light of spring will bring with it a brilliant re-envisioning of "Spring Came" by Fernando Perdomo with vocals from Durga McBroom (Pink Floyd) and a dash of clarinet magic from Marie Edwards.

Around a year ago, Fernando absolutely revolutionized the track, putting down guitars, bass, drums, and synth and then Durga recorded her vocals AT SEA on the prog rock Cruise to the Edge. In Fernando's care, it's become a sprawling, masterful 9 minute epic.

At 7:02 a.m. EDT, the video will be released on YouTube, and the track will be available to stream.

In the meantime, you can listen to the original here:
https://open.spotify.com/track/4TD5EyHsSJUOGsfuZ39dzP

"Spring came and I left the trees for the glimmering ground."

John Brown did nothing wrong. 🍻

Phillips Merchant Band - Mr. Brown (Official Video) "I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." - J...

Great press! 🤘😍🤘

𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺, 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯, 𝘛𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘭, 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤, 𝘋𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘦𝘳, 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦! ⤵️
https://ditto.fm/unfinished-business-pmb

Phillips Merchant Band Debuts New Prog-Rock Concept Album - The Static Dive "Unfinished Business" is the debut LP from the new international art-rock collaborative project, Phillips Merchant Band.

𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺, 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯, 𝘛𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘭, 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤, 𝘋𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘦𝘳, 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦! ⤵️
https://ditto.fm/unfinished-business-pmb

Phillips Merchant Band - Spring Came © 2023 by Matt PhillipsAvailable streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, Tidal, and elsewhereArt created using DALL-E 3 and featured in the ...

𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺, 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯, 𝘛𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘭, 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤, 𝘋𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘦𝘳, 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦! ⤵️
https://ditto.fm/unfinished-business-pmb

****

The hero John Brown, who gave his life to end slavery....

Phillips Merchant Band - Mr. Brown "I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." - J...

This is a song about wondering, uh, where I'd be....
- Matt

Fernando Perdomo - drums, bass, lead guitar, and synth (yeah, he's a freaking legendary BADASS)
Hugh Macdonald - lead vocals
Matt Phillips - acoustic guitar, songwriting, production
July Vitraniuk & Rocío Puche - background vocals
Davide Sonten - mixing and mastering

Find it streaming on Spotify, Amazon, Tidal, Apple Music, Deezer, Pandora, and more!

Phillips Merchant Band - Where I'll Be Hugh Macdonald - vocalsFernando Perdomo - lead guitar, drums, bass, keysMatt Phillips - acoustic guitarJuly Vitraniuk - background vocalsRocio Puche - backgr...

My music soul. 🤍

This man's spiritual experimentations with sound changed everything.

- M.P. to M.P.

Mike Pinder, Founding Keyboardist of the Moody Blues, Dies at 82 His expertise on the electromechanical Mellotron helped define the band’s progressive sound in the 1960s and ’70s on albums like “Days of Future Passed.”

🎶 Follow the link to find us streaming
everywhere 👉 https://ditto.fm/unfinished-business-pmb

Phillips Merchant Band - The Blind Prophet (So Strange) Dedicated to 2016.Olugbenga Adelekan - Bass, vocalsAlice Ray - vocalsHugh Macdonald - vocalsFernando Perdomo - guitarManuel Ferretti - synthJames Knoerl - dr...