Phantomelo brings its surf-washed songs back to the B-Side

The Dallas trio plays Zounds Sounds B-Side next Wednesday, Nov. 11, with Team Effort and Big Bill, and a long-promised debut full-length is still on the horizon.

There is a particular kind of Dallas show that happens on a Wednesday in Lake Highlands: a small room tucked inside a music school, a bill of three bands, and a crowd that came because somebody told them to. Next Wednesday, Nov. 11, that show belongs to Phantomelo.

The band headlines Zounds Sounds B-Side with Team Effort and Big Bill in support. Music starts at 8 p.m., and tickets are through See Tickets. Phantomelo has the date posted on its own Bandcamp page, listed simply as Zounds Sounds B-Side, Dallas.

If you have not caught them yet, the short version is this: Phantomelo is a Dallas alt-rock trio that the Nasher Sculpture Center once summed up as clashing "ethereal washy vocals with psychedelic, surf-rock" and heavily environmental leanings. Their Bandcamp tags the music indie, surf rock and garage rock, which is about right. These are songs with reverb on the guitars and something on their minds.

The band has spent the past couple of years releasing music one song at a time. Bandcamp shows a run of singles through 2025: "Home" in April, "Only When I Come Down" in June, "Memorixe" in August and "You're So Clever" on Oct. 22, 2025. Those sit alongside an earlier full collection, *Pet Your Dog More*, and older tracks like "Space Prom," "Shark Attack" and "Water Your Friends Pt. 1." The Nasher's write-up also notes a Fort Worth Weekly award back in 2019 and a music video for "Virtual 'til Midnight."

What fans have been waiting on is the long-player. At the start of 2026, KXT put a Phantomelo debut full-length on its list of North Texas releases to watch for this year. As of this writing we have not seen a title or release date announced, so treat next week's set as the best place to hear where the new material is headed.

Dallas is where this band lives on stage. In our records Phantomelo has played Dallas more than any other market, 18 shows and counting, and the B-Side is a natural fit. The room sits at 10050 Shoreview Road, inside the Zounds Sounds School of Music, and KXT has described it as a hub for burgeoning talent in Dallas. It is the kind of place where a local band can play to people who are actually listening, and where the openers are worth arriving early for.

Big Bill makes the drive up from Austin. The band has been making darkly comic art-rock since 2012, which should sit nicely next to Phantomelo's stranger, dreamier edges. Team Effort rounds out the night.

Zounds Sounds itself marked 20 years last fall, and the B-Side has become one of the more reliable small rooms on the city's northeast side for exactly this sort of bill. It is not a bar crawl stop. You go for the music.

So go. A Wednesday night, a short drive to Lake Highlands, three bands for the price of a cheap ticket, and a hometown trio that has been getting better one single at a time. If the record finally lands next year, you will want to say you were there before it did.

Sources: Phantomelo on Bandcamp (phantomelo.bandcamp.com); Crimson Tide, by Phantomelo (Bandcamp, shows listing) (phantomelo.bandcamp.com); You're So Clever, by Phantomelo (Bandcamp) (phantomelo.bandcamp.com); Nasher Sculpture Center event page featuring Phantomelo (nashersculpturecenter.org); KXT: North Texas releases to watch in 2026 (kxt.org); KXT: Zounds Sounds B-Side is a hub for burgeoning talent in Dallas (kxt.org); Dallas Morning News: Lake Highlands music school marks a notable anniversary (dallasnews.com); Zounds Sounds B-Side on Eventbrite (eventbrite.com); Big Bill on Bandcamp (bigbillband.bandcamp.com); Tickets: See Tickets (prod-nts-api.seeticketsusa.us); Big Bill's New Era (KUTX) (kutx.org)