fm premiere
Phantom Pink, the dark, cinematic art-rock project of Los Angeles artist Brayton Walls, returns with Czech New Wave, a sharper, more intentional follow-up to I’m at the right place at the right time.
Drawing from the Czech New Wave film movement, the track frames art as provocation: a flash of colour in a black-and-white world, and a challenge to live differently.
For Walls, Czech New Wave operates as a talisman; written with the belief that songs can shape reality, acting as a guardrail against old, destructive patterns.
Jagged guitar tension collides with dreamlike restraint, creating momentum rather than escape, growth chosen with full awareness of uncertainty.
Expanding the emotional thread of its predecessor, Czech New Wave deepens Phantom Pink’s world ahead of the forthcoming album Gothika (early 2026): bruised, cinematic, and quietly defiant.