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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]
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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus, is available on both a format (vinyl LP) and in a quantity (500) that is obtainable by not just those who fill their shows at The Prospector. Anchored by two Goliath-sized jams, the heavy swirling drone of the opener “Deathshead Hawkmoth” and the psych boogie of the closer “Cactus Raga”, bookend an album of meticulous churning mirages that lull the unsuspecting into a false sense of security, only to realize after it’s too late that they’re in the dead center of a storm of feedback, fuzz and looped effects. Recorded by Bobb Bruno on his eight-track and mastered by James Plotkin, “High Beams” commands multiple listens to fully appreciate the depth of these recordings, where often there are so many different layers of instrumentation going on that even following the fifth or sixth listen, you are still catching little pieces in each song that you hadn’t heard before.
MP3: Magic Lantern – Deathheads Hawkmoth
Originally published in the November issue of L.A. Record
14. November 2008 at 1:38 pm :
Hey, really enjoy Inflight At Night I live in the LA area and thought I’d just let you guys know about this show that’s coming up at The Echo. I got wind of this guy named Rodriguez recently from a friend. He’s been around for a long time, but just had his first album reissued and is now touring in support of it. This dude is in his mid-60s and this is the first time he’s played west of Detroit. It’s weird like psych folk soul and is really pretty amazing.
He’s playing in LA on the 21st at The Echo and SF on the 23rd at The Great American Music Hall (with The Entrance Band).
I don’t know, I hadn’t heard anything about it very many of the local blogs and thought that I’d just spread the word as I thought people would really
interested in this.
Hope this gets a few more folk out at the show.
16. November 2008 at 3:21 pm :
Listening to Rodriguez right now. ILIKEIT! Btw, the show at the Echo on the 21st is with Santa Cruz’s Sleepy Sun who are excellent as well.
18. December 2008 at 2:45 pm :
color me curious to hear the whole CD … thanks for alerting me to these peeps.