You've already heard Phantom Planet a million times; their song "California" is the theme of that all-consuming cultural tornado known as The OC. But you might not know that Raise the Dead is the fourth album from the Californian quartet most famous for the unashamedly poppy, ironically optimistic rock of The Guest (2002). Since then, Phantom Planet spent their third record exploring a Strokes-like assault on audio quality that resulted in a gorgeously-textured exploration of their darker side. by Tyler Theofilos. Read...