The Magic Numbers: The Magic Numbers
The Magic Numbers seem to be an anomaly to me:
I find their sound unoriginal and the instrumentation is nothing to write home about, yet... I can't help but enjoy the album. I think the group put together a cohesive piece of music that gets you tapping your foot at points and the lead singer has a voice that you can't help but think he's feeling happy, or at least smiling hard while he's singing.
And maybe, at this point, that's where music is at: It's no longer original. It can't be. How you present your derivative and unoriginal content is what can make you seem as original as possible while not actually being it.
Mornings Eleven does a nice breakdown in the middle, shifting the pace way down and bringing it back up; Love Me Like You harkens back to a sound I can't place and yet I feel certain it came out many times in the 70s from softer rock bands; and Wheels on Fire is so painfully slow, yet quite beautiful and the harmony on the chorus sticks in your ear.
In the end: The whole album maintains a sound that I strongly feel is reminiscent of early 70s soft rock. The flow within the album is great, but don't take any track other than "Mornings Eleven" out of context or it may not work properly.
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I find their sound unoriginal and the instrumentation is nothing to write home about, yet... I can't help but enjoy the album. I think the group put together a cohesive piece of music that gets you tapping your foot at points and the lead singer has a voice that you can't help but think he's feeling happy, or at least smiling hard while he's singing.
And maybe, at this point, that's where music is at: It's no longer original. It can't be. How you present your derivative and unoriginal content is what can make you seem as original as possible while not actually being it.
Mornings Eleven does a nice breakdown in the middle, shifting the pace way down and bringing it back up; Love Me Like You harkens back to a sound I can't place and yet I feel certain it came out many times in the 70s from softer rock bands; and Wheels on Fire is so painfully slow, yet quite beautiful and the harmony on the chorus sticks in your ear.
In the end: The whole album maintains a sound that I strongly feel is reminiscent of early 70s soft rock. The flow within the album is great, but don't take any track other than "Mornings Eleven" out of context or it may not work properly.
Technorati Tagged: The Magic Numbers | Indie Music
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