Phoneboy Want To See ‘Michael Myers On A Jetski’ While Picking Songs For ‘The Sound Of Halloween’

Boo! It’s Halloween! Throughout October, HollywoodLife is running The Sound Of Halloween, where immoderate of your favourite fiends of music, movies, television, and popular civilization prime songs that should beryllium connected your Halloween 2022 playlist. As we bask the past afloat week earlier Halloween, we’re doubling your joyousness by adding a full-size dainty of TSOH. Today, it’s a treble measure of awesomeness arsenic Phoneboy drops by, up of their tour.

While the members of Phoneboy –James Fusco, Ricky Dana, and Wyn Barnum – don’t athletics devilocks oregon psychobilly quiffs oregon formal similar they’re going to play 45 Grave’s Sleep In Safety backward successful a cemetery astatine midnight, don’t underestimate their fearfulness credits. The set conscionable released their azygous “Runaway,” and they archer HollywoodLife that they person “a saccharine and spooky euphony video planned for it.” That video arrived and yes, it’s rather spooky.

Plus, erstwhile asked what they deliberation should beryllium the astir fashionable costume of Halloween 2022, James and Ricky said that it should beryllium Art The Clown from the Terrifier franchise.“One of the champion modern slasher villains and immoderate of the champion modern slasher movies,” said James, who besides gave emotion to the OG himself: Michael Myers. When asked what movie they’d marque if fixed an unlimited fund and entree to immoderate intelligence spot retired there, James said, “We’re making different Halloween movie. I don’t attraction that everybody is bushed of them, I request to spot Michael Myers connected a jetski earlier it’s each over.”

Whether oregon not John Carpenter scores Halloween Spring Break or not remains to beryllium seen (spoiler: helium astir apt would). In the meantime, present are Phoneboy’s picks for The Sound Of Halloween. Be definite to drawback them connected circuit with The Happy Fits (dates below.)

Phoneboy’s Halloween Playlist Picks

Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett, “Monster Mash”

It is an undeniable Halloween classic, perchance the lone morganatic reply successful 2022.

[Editor’s Note: For this entry, we’re going to adhd Don Hinson and the Rigamotricians’ version.]

The Hex Girls, “Hex Girl”

Off of the Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost soundtrack, [“Hex Girl”] is different indispensable seasonal banger.

[Since the soundtrack isn’t connected streaming services, we’re adding the Moon Sisters’ mentation of it]

Hereditary, “Reborn/Hail, Paemon!”

Also, the extremity soundtrack to Hereditary. No further mentation needed.

HollywoodLife: What is your astir salient Halloween memory?

James: I retrieve the archetypal Halloween costume I ever had was a ninja costume which I wore for respective weeks straight, including to 1st grade.

Ricky: I dressed up arsenic Jack Sparrow successful the 3rd people and idiosyncratic asked maine if I was a girl.

Wyn: My parents helped maine marque a Chanel °5 costume. The parents loved me.

What bash you deliberation volition beryllium the astir fashionable Halloween costume this year? What SHOULD be, successful your mind?  

James: Ricky and I hold that the astir fashionable Halloween costume should beryllium Art the Clown from Terrifier/Terrifier 2: 1 of the champion modern slasher villains and immoderate of the champion modern slasher movies.  

Wyn: It should beryllium a diorama worn astir the cervix depicting the abhorrent economical and governmental disagreement we’re experiencing…or possibly the caller fearfulness mentation of Winnie The Pooh.

Do you person immoderate peculiar October/Halloween traditions? 

James: I let myself 1 azygous pumpkin spice latte a year. This is my tradition: restraint and penance.

Ricky: Go to a party, find the candy vessel and proceed to eat/steal each azygous tootsie roll.

Wyn: Candy, hard seltzer, candy, hard seltzer, higher percent hard seltzer.

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If fixed a fund and escaped scope to bash whatever, what fearfulness movie would you prima in? You tin remake immoderate movie of the past, oregon you could make your own.

James: We’re making different Halloween movie. I don’t attraction that everybody is bushed of them, I request to spot Michael Myers connected a jetski earlier it’s each over.

Ricky: EASILY a remake of John Carpenter’s The Thing. Isolation movies ever fascinated maine and I’d emotion to effort and kidnap a radical of radical successful existent beingness to marque it happen.

Wyn: Darkness, a agleam airy appears, I look from the womb…but not the womb I was expected to travel from. Wyndiana Jones and the Temple of Womb.

What’s connected pat for October for you — and the remainder of the year?

James: Our caller azygous ‘Runaway’ conscionable came retired and we person a saccharine and spooky euphony video planned for it!   

Ricky: A ton of chill small videos successful the works, from debating fearfulness movies to throwing random worldly successful a juicer. So excited!

Wyn: We’re truthful grateful for the effect to our caller azygous ‘Runaway’ and we’re ace excited to play it connected our circuit with The Happy Fits and Daisy the Great.

Tour Dates
November 8 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
November 9 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
November 11 – Washington DC – Union Stage
November 12 – Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit Hall
November 13 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
November 15-  Detroit, MI – El Club
November 16  Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe
November 18 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
November 19 – Chicago, IL – Metro
November 20  -Minneapolis, MN – First Ave
November 22 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
November 23 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
November 25 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
November 26 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
November 29 – San Francisco, CA – August Hall
November 30 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
December 1 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda
December 5 – Dallas, TX – Trees
December 6 – Austin, TX – Scoot Inn
December 7 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
December 9 – Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live
December 10 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
December 11 – Nashville, TN – Basement East
December 13 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
December 16 – Boston, MA – The Paradise Rock Club
December 17 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
December 18 – Philadelphia, PA – TLA