Rip Magic - 5Words

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RIP Magic have wasted no time. In theirfirst year, they've been dubbed ""London'sbuzziest band"" by The Guardian, played bigshows with LCD Soundsystem and Fcukersand tiny ones in L ondon bars and restaurantbasements, and now they finally release aphysical single, produced by James Murphy,his first production for another band in over adecade.""5words"" builds slowly into a euphoric urbanepic, sounding equally indebted to the VelvetUnderground, Orbital, Echoes-era Rapture,and the Dean Blunt cinematic universe, and,honestly, Nirvana. It sounds like decadescollapsing into the present, enabled byfrictionless discovery and resolved throughthe simplest method: four people in a roomsearching for something new, somethinggreat, a good feeling.The b-side features a remix by none otherthan Maurice Fulton, his first DFA creditsince those Syclops records became instantclassics in 2008. Maurice is one of thegreatest remixers and producers of his eraand architect of a sound so singular andidentifiable that even all his pseudonyms can'tfool the trainspotters. This one is just the type:thrillingly off-center and unavoidably banging. Show more