Music

Track Of The Week: "Waves" by Magic Man

by Chris Budd

Recently when friends have asked me what bands I’m into, the last few months I’ve responded with recommending Boston, MA band Magic Man. The band has a killer 5-song EP called You Are Here that is front-to-back outstanding. It’s so great that I had a hard time trying to figure out which song to recommend to you today.

The band began as a duo while friends Alex Caplow and Sam Vanderhoop lived in France volunteering on different organic farms, having impromptu writing sessions on their midday breaks. That summer yielded the band’s self-produced debut album Real Life Color (released in 2010), and since then, the band has evolved from two college students behind a laptop into a five-person band. Adding Justine Bowe, Daniel Radin, and Joey Sulkowski into the mix, the group’s synth-heavy indie pop/rock style has really caught on, especially with the success of the You Are Here EP. The band are looking forward to releasing their next full-length album early in 2014.

I finally decided on the final track “Waves,” but do yourself a favour and stream the whole EP below.