E.G. Phillips, Ducks With Pants
Check out the Spotter's Guide for this year's EGPhest players
Latest Release:
Listen to "an itinerary of memory and dream" — Nashville Recordings, Vol. 3: Travelogues
"...moments of raw rock energy... flashes of jazz phrasing... a sound that’s both rustic and refined, timeless yet undeniably modern"
— We Write About Music
"somewhere between poetry, cinema and the tender surrealism of an American dreamer"
— Extravafrench
— We Write About Music
"somewhere between poetry, cinema and the tender surrealism of an American dreamer"
— Extravafrench
Next Show:
The next residency show theme is "Americana Gothic"
it will be November 8th and features
Brendan Getzell + Melinda Kausek
it will be November 8th and features
Brendan Getzell + Melinda Kausek
Check out the Spotter's Guide for this year's EGPhest players
If you were at LehrerPhest 2025, here is the full cast
Also Available:
Tricks of the Light
The cinematic chamber folk suite EP "Tricks of the Light" is now out and available to stream!
"This is not music for background listening. this is music for those who still sit with songs like stories."
— Tamara Jenna, Independent Music Weekly
"It’s music for long walks, solitary evenings, or the moments just before sleep when memory, myth, and meaning swirl together."
— Austin Sher, We Write About Music
— Tamara Jenna, Independent Music Weekly
"It’s music for long walks, solitary evenings, or the moments just before sleep when memory, myth, and meaning swirl together."
— Austin Sher, We Write About Music
Featuring: "The Light Your Reflect"
"...image-laden and mythical ... an atmosphere that’s wonderfully dreamy"
— Graeme Smith, York Calling
"a rare blend of folk, jazz, and avant-garde influences all interlaced into a piece that feels ancient yet somehow entirely new."
— Chris Mariotti, Edgar Allan Poets
"so interesting, so adventurous… so damn compelling"
— Dave Franklin, The BigTakeover
— Graeme Smith, York Calling
"a rare blend of folk, jazz, and avant-garde influences all interlaced into a piece that feels ancient yet somehow entirely new."
— Chris Mariotti, Edgar Allan Poets
"so interesting, so adventurous… so damn compelling"
— Dave Franklin, The BigTakeover
"When It Gets Dark"
"A beautiful procession of somber strings and serene acoustics build into a stirring character depiction"
— Mike Mineo, Obscure Sound
"Clarinet, cello, and piano work together to create a serene and wistful soundscape that supports the song’s nostalgic mood"
— Cheers to the Viking
— Mike Mineo, Obscure Sound
"Clarinet, cello, and piano work together to create a serene and wistful soundscape that supports the song’s nostalgic mood"
— Cheers to the Viking
"The Flesh of Birds"
"...a whimsical yet poignant meditation on love and our perception of the world"
— Tina Sollosky, Indie Emergente
"...illuminates the absurdities of life and highlights the contrasts between beauty and decay, hope and disappointment, instinct and intellect. "
— NenesButler
— Tina Sollosky, Indie Emergente
"...illuminates the absurdities of life and highlights the contrasts between beauty and decay, hope and disappointment, instinct and intellect. "
— NenesButler
...and "The Albatross Song (Mellow Like)"
"a mercurial blend of the classical and the rootsy, the graceful and the groovy... soaked in ethereal cosmic folk harmonies"
— Dave Franklin, The Big Takeover
"the atmospheric yet grand production swells with delicate layers of instrumentation"
-- Austin Sher, We Write About Music
"a laidback and contemplative soundscape that instantly intrigues... highly immersive and atmospheric"
— Jeremy Bregman, Mesmerized
— Dave Franklin, The Big Takeover
"the atmospheric yet grand production swells with delicate layers of instrumentation"
-- Austin Sher, We Write About Music
"a laidback and contemplative soundscape that instantly intrigues... highly immersive and atmospheric"
— Jeremy Bregman, Mesmerized
E.G. Phillips
CINEMATIC • VIVID • WHIMSICAL
A songwriter in the vein of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Leonard Cohen, the lyrics E.G. writes are wry and authentic while his music is catchy and offbeat.
For various reasons his online moniker is "Ducks With Pants"
For various reasons his online moniker is "Ducks With Pants"
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Even More Music:
Nashville Recordings, Vol. 4: Wear and Tear
Progressive rock / folk mashup "Nashville Recordings, Vol. 4: Wear and Tear" on-liner notes
"masterfully blends traditional elements of folk music with influences from progressive rock"
— Nenes Butler
"...draws on a broad palette, blending elements of the folk singer-songwriter, with shades of sixties West Coast psychedelic/progressive music"
— AmericanaUK
— Nenes Butler
"...draws on a broad palette, blending elements of the folk singer-songwriter, with shades of sixties West Coast psychedelic/progressive music"
— AmericanaUK
Outlaw the Dead
Art rock treasure chest "Outlaw the Dead" on-liner notes
"a fabulous heartfelt confessional"
-- Amplify Music Magazine
"plunges us into a luxurious, complex sonic landscape that feels both delicately complex and vibrant"
— Thoughts Words Actions
"Phillips concocts a fusion of lyrically potent ballads, spiced with his idiosyncratic blend of humor and silver-screen-worthy visuals"
— 1st3 Magazine
-- Amplify Music Magazine
"plunges us into a luxurious, complex sonic landscape that feels both delicately complex and vibrant"
— Thoughts Words Actions
"Phillips concocts a fusion of lyrically potent ballads, spiced with his idiosyncratic blend of humor and silver-screen-worthy visuals"
— 1st3 Magazine
Mental Maps
Alien from an Alternate Earth
"Who among us hasn’t felt like an alien at least occasionally in the last five or six years?"
— Michael Doherty
"...fun, different, whimsical, and clever"
— Simply Jazz Talk
"...precisely the reason why we hope that the album never dies."
— FVMusicBlog
"...feels like a storybook, narrated by an almost Cohen-esque delivery"
— Find No Enemy
— Michael Doherty
"...fun, different, whimsical, and clever"
— Simply Jazz Talk
"...precisely the reason why we hope that the album never dies."
— FVMusicBlog
"...feels like a storybook, narrated by an almost Cohen-esque delivery"
— Find No Enemy
Check out the online liner notes
Nashville Recordings, Vol. 1
Read the on-line liner notes
At Home At Sea
Read the on-line liner notes
Fish From the Sky
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