We don't cover many re-releases, simply because there is so much to deal with that is new. We do make the odd exception and this is one. I've loved this album since its initial release in 2008. I picked it up around 2015. However, it now gets a Cream Vinyl Release courtesy of the new label, Dust And Memory.
Dust And Memory is a reissue label set up by Alvaro Lisson, owner of one our favourite labels, Meritorio Records which is a massive supporter of the new. The Magic Castles are a five piece band from Minneapolis and the album's base camp is gentle melodic Pastoral Psych Pop.
The album is very much a soundscape, filtering in Shoegaze, Chill Out, Folk Rock and Shoegaze whilst remaining incredibly melodic and engaging. The Psych Pop excels on 10,100. Largely, these are shorter songs than the usual length of this sort of genre.
But, the band do lengthy well too. All Of My Prayers morphs into heavier Psychedelic Guitar and gets very hippy trippy. Ballad Of The Golden Bird is more wordy, a little shoegaze, but equally Prog, an hypnotic listen.
Hey Kids is surprisingly noisier, true Psych with the Organ sound drilling into your head and revealing how well the vocals work with the sounds. It even gets a little Madchester. The download is available separately but free with the Vinyl and adds the mind-blowing 13 minutes that is Cave Troll Blues. The whole thing is an hypnotic listen.
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You can listen to and buy the album here.
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