Devon
band's take on the Canterbury sound is as warm and welcome as a ray
of late summer sun.
Magic Bus make music
that lives up to their name; it delights, dazzles, and takes you
places you want to go. Their first single for the Fruits de Mer label
contains an original A-side, Seven Wonders, backed with their take on
The Byrds' Eight Miles High. It may just be the pick of the crop of
FDM's early Autumn releases.
If you want comparisons
think Caravan and the Canterbury sound. Think gentle, pastoral home
counties psychedelia. Think Englishness as encapsulated by Robert
Wyatt-esque vocals. Think hops fields, sunny days and games of
cricket. But really don't think at all, just listen. You won't be
disappointed.
The initiated may have
already heard Seven Wonders as it's taken from their Transmission
From Sogmore's Garden album, their 2nd for Static
Caravan Records. For the rest of us this first meeting is as warm and
welcome as a ray of late summer sun. Along with its strong melody and
harmonies worthy of Crosby, Stills and Nash, the band prove equally
adept at wigging out as evidenced in the song's proggy coda.
Eight Miles High is a
slowed down take on The Byrds classic with an almost Gregorian vocal
intro. Any folk-rock urgency is replaced by a more measured jazz
swing. Similarly it's flute and synthesizer that take flight on the
solos instead of McGuin's garbled guitar. Very nice indeed!
Click here for the
Magic Bus website.
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Bus on Facebook.
Click here for more on
Fruits De Mer Records.
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