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MAGICHOUR LAUNCH DEBUT ALBUMEx-Cactus Children launch their debut this Valentines Day
"The musical equivalent of a cup of tea and a good lie down, Magic Hour's debut album will inspire you to slow down, pick up that book you've been meaning to read and exhale. Dreamy stuff." - Cosmopolitan MagazineMagichour, the self-titled debut release from acclaimed songwriting duo, Sydney-based Ian Housten Shadwell and Gemma Deacon, is an intricate tapestry of sounds wrapped into dreamy pop songs. Gemma and Ian are best known as the songwriting team behind iconic Sydney acoustic pop classicists, Cactus Child, the ensemble that played its part in the acoustic revival in the mid nineties. Darlings of the local music scene, they gained national airplay and toured extensively, playing festivals and supporting international acts including Blur and the late Jeff Buckley. Five years, three albums and close to a thousand gigs later, the band called it a day. Fast-forward ten years and these two creative forces are back under the guise of Magichour - 11 luscious songs - a warm, gentle, vigorous thing of beauty. This is an album invested with the multi-layered folk and pop sensibilities that structured their earlier work, but with a new sense of space and atmospherics. It is cinematic, ambient and widescreen, with a haunting luster, saturated throughout with the delight of Gemma's magical voice, too long absent from the Australian music scene. Quite simply - it was well worth waiting ten years. See their revival this Valentines Day as the duo launch their self-titled LP at the gorgeous Clovelly Bowling Club in Sydney.MAGICHOUR ALBUM LAUNCHSunday - February 14 (Valentines Day) 7pmClovelly Bowling Club - Cnr Boundary & Ocean Sts, Clovelly$10 at door Magic Hour's debut album is available now through Vitamin - www.vitamin.net.au | www.magichourband.com.
"The musical equivalent of a cup of tea and a good lie down, Magic Hour's debut album will inspire you to slow down, pick up that book you've been meaning to read and exhale. Dreamy stuff." - Cosmopolitan Magazine
Magichour, the self-titled debut release from acclaimed songwriting duo, Sydney-based Ian Housten Shadwell and Gemma Deacon, is an intricate tapestry of sounds wrapped into dreamy pop songs. Gemma and Ian are best known as the songwriting team behind iconic Sydney acoustic pop classicists, Cactus Child, the ensemble that played its part in the acoustic revival in the mid nineties. Darlings of the local music scene, they gained national airplay and toured extensively, playing festivals and supporting international acts including Blur and the late Jeff Buckley. Five years, three albums and close to a thousand gigs later, the band called it a day. Fast-forward ten years and these two creative forces are back under the guise of Magichour - 11 luscious songs - a warm, gentle, vigorous thing of beauty. This is an album invested with the multi-layered folk and pop sensibilities that structured their earlier work, but with a new sense of space and atmospherics. It is cinematic, ambient and widescreen, with a haunting luster, saturated throughout with the delight of Gemma's magical voice, too long absent from the Australian music scene. Quite simply - it was well worth waiting ten years. See their revival this Valentines Day as the duo launch their self-titled LP at the gorgeous Clovelly Bowling Club in Sydney.
MAGICHOUR ALBUM LAUNCHSunday - February 14 (Valentines Day) 7pmClovelly Bowling Club - Cnr Boundary & Ocean Sts, Clovelly$10 at door
Magic Hour's debut album is available now through Vitamin - www.vitamin.net.au | www.magichourband.com.
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