The band are back in the country until the end of July, promoting this great new CD "Another Way To Exist"
Tracklisting:
1: Radiance
2: The Girl & The Sun
3: Between A Girl & A Hard Place
4: I Don't Think That Way
5: ....You Never Go Back
6: Big Black Sign
7: My Friend
8: Climb
9: Slice Of Time
10: Picking Up The Rain
11: Wild & Free
12: Elephant On My Chest
13: Life Goes Round.
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We'll be featuring a "Magic Trees album special" in our radio show on 103.2 Preston FM on Friday 20th July, talking about the tracks on the album and how they have found their whole UK experience.
More details on this will be posted nearer the time.
Our Track By Track Review:
1: Radiance
Well - you heard this one here first! Yes - you really did as we played a pre-release preview of this track on our "Best Kept Secrets...New Releases Special" show on 103.2 Preston FM on Friday 25th May and repeated on 8th June. A great introduction to this exciting new body of work.
2: The Girl & The Sun
Oddly enough, at first listen, this makes me think of that Crash Test Dummies song "Once there was a girl who..." etc etc.. (they were/are Canadian as well, n'est ce pas..?) but having said that, it's a lot deeper than that song and grows on you the more listen to it. Very thought provoking lyrics - we'll try and find out what it all means ready for our radio interview special with the band on 20th July...!
3: Between A Girl & A Hard Place
Well, this track is a radio dj/producer's dream. It is a 55 second long guitar piece - with just guitar(s) and nothing else. It has a fade in and slow build up and then drops away again at the end. I'm sure there's probably a more guitarist technical term for it than that, but there you go. Lucy will probably hate for for saying this - as will the band, I imagine - but it's a great piece of music for talking over... Opening theme music for the Magic Trees radio special...? You bet!
4: I Don't Think That Way
5: ....You Never Go Back
6: Big Black Sign
7: My Friend
We've heard this one a few times as the band have been including it in their live set. Nice and catchy.
8: Climb
9: Slice Of Time
This song has a sort of a late 80s MADchester indie feel to it - Soup Dragons (OK - I realise that they were Scottish...but it's a bit "Can You Dig It"...) Happy Mondays, Inspirals, Stone Roses etc.
10: Picking Up The Rain
Favourite song on the album (at present - these things tend to change the more often you listen to records - sorry CDs...). This has something for everybody - fast bits, slow bits and a great early 70s-style rock guitar solo in the middle.
11: Wild & Free
Jason's vocals sound like a "much better than the original version" of an early Rod Stewart on this one (if that makes sense...). The guitar is also rather Faces like and the song has a nice comfy feel to it. It is actually about some wild horses that are under threat, but we'll let Colleen tell you all about it in our radio special.
12: Elephant On My Chest
Expletive alert! This is actually a nice catchy rocky song but it has an unfortunate word in the chorus. Any chance of a "radio edit", please?!
13: Life Goes Round.
