Latest Review: Magic Lantern - High Beams

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 [...]

Great Northern deserve your undivided attention

Just yesterday I was asking Scott (sometimes contributor to IAF) if he had a chance to listen to the Great Northern album yet (he writes reviews mainly), he said he had, but it didn’t do anything for him right off the bat and kept moving on. I told him to go back, put the CD in an actual stereo, give it a good listen 2 or 3 more times all the way through, and then tell me what he thought then. I am awaiting his response and hopefully a proper review.

See I had similar reaction to Great Northern’s new album Trading Twilight For Daylight when I first listened to it. The first couple tracks didn’t immediately pique my interest either and I set the album aside for almost a month, that is until a couple weekends ago when I decided to put it in CD player and listen to it in the background while I worked on the computer.

After the first time through the disc, I had that “wow this pretty good” moment and hit the repeat button to give it a more solid listen. After two more listens, I came to the realization that Great Northern have made a “real” album, there isn’t any filler here, each song is as equally important as the next, as is their placement. Evoking many moods, the album has 2 archs (imagine 2 bell shaped curves side by side with the song titles on the x axis) that take the listener on an interesting journey, and if your dealing with any difficult stuff in your life, an emotional journey.

Trading Twilight For Daylight comes out May 15th on Eenie Meenie Records and the band’s next local Los Angeles show will be that same night at The Echo. They will also be playing at the Troubadour on May 30th and in Long Beach at The Prospector on May 31st.

Download “Home” (mp3)

[audio:http://www.eeniemeenie.com/Home.mp3]

and “The Middle” (mp3) from Trading Twilight For Daylight

[audio:http://www.eeniemeenie.com/TheMiddle.mp3]

Trading Twilight For Daylight comes out May 15th: buy it at insound!