Formed at the beginning of 2024, Phantom Sugar was born from a nostalgic haze by musician and songwriter Stevie Zita. A longing to get back to a raw indie sound which shaped and moulded the early 00s, their sound stems from Zita’s time spent in Toronto, moving from one community to the next. Steps on the concrete, different cuisines in the air, loud conversations flying by, all the aspects of a busy city. Stevie took this energy of 2024 and fashioned it into his debut EP, HABITUAL. A project that showcases exchanging guitars, a heart-thumping rhythm section topped off with crooning vocals, HABITUAL brings a new yet comfortable spin to lo-fi indie rock. Zita reflects: “I feel like this sort of EP was always in me and I’m just getting it out now. I’ve always been drawn to the hazy pop sounds...