NEW SUFJAN!

THANK YOU! Finally there's some no-nonsense new Sufjan!  You better finish up the 50 states project, Sufjan ...or else.  A word from his bandcamp:

All Delighted People is built around two different versions of Sufjan’s long-form epic ballad "All Delighted People," a dramatic homage to the Apocalypse, existential ennui, and Paul Simon’s "Sounds of Silence." Sounds delightful, yes! The song was originally workshopped on Sufjan’s previous tour in the fall of 2009. Other songs on the EP include the 17-minute guitar jam-for-single-mothers "Djohariah," and the gothic piano ballad "The Owl and the Tanager," a live-show mainstay (and Debbie Downer if you ask us; what’s it doing on a "Delighted" EP?). 

Raise Your Hands!

Magic Kids Keep the Endorphin Levels High with "Summer" Jam

“Summertime is for sweethearts” croons Bennett Foster in a velvety voice that sounds low but isn’t really before eventually launching into a Brian Wilson falsetto accompanied by orchestral strings which then fade away, allowing a wavering organ to slip in and out of tune and warble in playful youth and insanity. This track is a phenomenal ode to masters Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson.  Magic Kids are doing for orchestral pop what Sufjan Stevens did for orchestral folk: inventing it.  And it really is some of the freshest most interesting music I’ve heard lately.  Check out their single “Summer” and keep your eyes peeled when their album drops later this year.  

Summer-Magic Kids by TheBoyandColors