REVIEW: Here We Go Magic - "Here We Go Magic"

I first heard about Here We Go Magic last month when I ran into my friend as he quite litereally danced his way down the street in Williamsburg. People were staring, he paid them no mind . . . and I almost had to tackle the guy to get his attention. After he had dis-lodged his earphones from his head I asked him - "Seriously dude, what the hell are you listening to?" Instead of giving a straight answer he just started singing the chorus to "Fangala," the second track on HWGM's debut record. When I pressed him further, he finally told me the name of the band.

A few days following that exchange, I noticed that Here We Go Magic was playing a show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. I drug some friends along with me, paid my cover at the door and the rest, as they say, is history. The band was great. The songs were dance-tastic. I was sold. The bands self-titled debut album was actually written by the lead vocalist and songwriter for the band - Luke Temple. It started as a solo project he worked on in his apartment in Greenpoint. When it was finished, he named it after a phrase he liked the sound of and eventually gathered a group of talented musicians around him to play the material live.

The live stuff worked so well that the man and the musicians became one - taking Here We Go Magic as their namesake. The result is one hell of a live show, and a poppy, extremely well written record that will be stuck in your head for days. Not all of you will be forced to make a spectacle of yourself like my friend dancing out in public, but you will all want to dance. If you don't believe me, check out the free MP3 of "Fangala" at the bottom of the post.

MP3 - Here We Go Magic - Fangala