The Magic Gang - All This Way

1.    On the velvet? Really?

Yeah sorry. That's The Magic Gang an indie pop rock band from Brighton, England. They have been making sweet melodies since 2013 and have one short player to their name. All This Way (Aug'16) is from an up-coming second E.P.

2. What have they got to listen to?

All This Way is a light, bubbly, love sick pop number with a chorus that sticks to you like flies to an ax wound. 

3. Who do The Magic Gang sound like?

The Beatles. Weezer. Buddy Holly. Rabbit!

4. What have those arbiters of taste in the press said about All This Way?

“Simply a quality indie rock song” – Euphoriazine. 

“Yet another slice of gold” – DIY.  

“A definite summer anthem” – Pond Music. 

5. Which bands have helped craft The Magic Gang's magic?  

A few of the bands influences are The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, T-Rex, Queen, Oasis and Joy Division.


6. Why should I press play on All This Way?

The tune is a long slow sip of sunshine with a sticky ass chorus and you've-been-there lyrics. 


7. Do The Magic Gang have any other decent tunes?

Why yes sir. Head straight for Jasmine. Not done? No Fun is a more Pixies/Weezer-esque track. Top shelf squire. 


8. Any more words son? 

The Magic Gang are supporting Spring King in concert this October and Swim Deep are big fans of the band.

“All I really want to know,

Is how I got all this way on my own?”

She Wants Revenge are an alternative rock band from San Fernando Valley, California. They started playing together in 2005 and have recorded three albums, toured with Placebo and Depeche Mode, and sold over 300 000 albums. She Wants Revenge are influenced by bands like Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth, David Bowie, The Cure and Prince.  Must Be The One is the lead single from the band's third album Valleyheart (2011) and a song that has an epic U2 or Kodaline type feel and is sound as a pound.

“I’d break all my promises if you’d just say we’re not done,

‘Cause you must be the one”