I <3 Here We Go Magic

This year has been good so far for indie bands with a certain dreamy sound and blissed out harmonies that stick in your head for days. If you can't get enough of Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear (and I wouldn't blame you) and you need pointing in the right direction of even more warm fuzzy sounds, look no further than to Here We Go Magic.

You might recognise frontman Luke Temple for his previous solo work, though he has made some serious progression with his latest project. Here We Go Magic, features pretty much everything that has made music great for me for the last few years. Dense layers, harmonies, lush electronica, interesting rythms, kraut influences, the works. Futhermore, Sufjan Stevens described Luke's voice as "one of the most beautiful… in pop music.", so winner basically.

Although compared to their contempories they have a more hazy and somewhat lo-fi ambient sound, this is in no way a bad thing. Throughout their self-titled debut they proved time and again that they are just as capable of capturing those perfect moments of strange beauty in their music. With so many rich layers to get lost in, it might well impress most people that the whole album was recorded solo with just a four-track cassette recorder. In fact I'll go on record as saying "I'm very impressed!".



With more members recruited for the live band, Here We Go Magic are on tour for the next couple of months both in the US and Europe. Most US shows will be in support of fellow Brooklyn band Grizzly Bear so I highly recommend seeing the both of them this time around if you can. Fellow Austinites will be lucky enough to see them both not only this month but also at ACL festival (now if only I could find a way to get tickets for that...) which gives you zero excuse for not seeing them.

06/11 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle*
06/12 Atlanta, GA The Earl
06/13 Birmingham, AL The Bottletree
06/15 Dallas, TX Granada Theater*
06/16 Austin, TX The Parish*
06/18 Tuscon, AZ The Rialto
06/19 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern*
06/21 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore*
06/22 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore*
06/24 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
06/25 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
06/28 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
06/30 Indianapolis, IN Radio Radio
07/01 Pittsburgh, PA Brillobox
07/03 New York, NY South Street Seaport
07/05 London, UK Wireless Festival - Bella Union Stage
07/06 London, UK ICA - Bella Union Stage
07/07 London, UK Madame JoJo's 'White Heat'
07/08 Sheffield, UK Drowned In Sound Night
07/09 Glasgow, UK Captain's Rest
07/10 Liverpool, UK Korova 'Evol'
07/11 Leeds, UK The Faversham 'Bad Sneakers'
07/13 Paris, FR Maroquinerie
10/03 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Festival
10/04 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Festival
* w/ Grizzly Bear

The self-titled album will be released 29th June on Western Vinyl.

http://www.herewegomagic.com/
www.myspace.com/herewegomagic

Lee, x.