Magdalena Bay - Mini Mix Vol. 1-3 Artist_竹内まりや Mariya Takeuchi

Magdalena Bay - Mini Mix Vol. 1-3 Artist_竹内まりや Mariya TakeuchiMagdalena Bay is now famous for their sweeping, high concept pop epics Mercurial World and Imaginal Disk, but it was the duos charming, self proclaimed mini songs that first captured our hearts and imaginations back in 2019. Mica and Matt traversed more of pop musics history and conjured more brilliant ideas and undeniable hooks in these sub two minute bangers than the average pop group musters in their entire career. The duo then compiled these

In addition to four more killer pop tunes

but also Lacrimosa from Requiem for my Friend in the interpretation of Dominik Wania

Those who knew Dalton understood that she was not interested in bowing to the whims of the record industry

we the people at BGP

the archives of Jugoton reveal to us various interpretations of this new trend from their vast catalogue

2018’s “Age Of” replaced the ring-modulated guitars with baroque instrumentation and ultra-smooth surfaces

and the indie-pop/jangly guitar-pop sound of "Summer Days"

Susanna has assembled some prominent guests on the album with Emmett Kelly from Bonnie ”Prince” Billy´s band and Jeremy Gara from Arcade Fire appearing on all ten tracks while Shahzad Ismaily is credited on seven tracks and Jo Berger Myhre on two

The record’s equal measures of sorrowful refrains and uplifting passages

“I tried to find music that reflects the stillness of night

the organist seems to incite Williams to repeat the move with his increasingly frenzied lines

creating a fantastical and immersive listening experience