Apr 21 2008
4 or 5 Magicians - Tom Waits’ Blues
Today sees the release of the new single from 4 or 5 Magicians, a double a-side made up of Change The Record and Ideal Man. While neither song quite lives up to last years stunning Forever On The Edge, both are excellent slices of guitar pop. Comparing them to Pavement or Guided By Voices or anyone is just lazy at this point, as this is a band that has found it’s own sound and is comfortable with it. All of which is a long-winded way of saying that you should buy their single so they can finally get that album deal and blow us all away.
The song below isn’t one of those new recordings. It’s taken from their first release, and would have fitted in nicely with a very early piece I wrote on here about bands adapting their own songs. It’s a version of the aforementioned Forever On The Edge in the style of Tom Waits. Just what you’d expect from a guitar band from Brighton.
Change The Record / Ideal Man can be purchased from This Is Fake DIY Records. Probably some other places too.
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