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Magic Arm – Put Your Collar Up Remixes
Swalf 18
In the last 2 years Magic Arm has been recording at home and touring Europe, supporting Camera Obscura on a 6 week European tour followed by two solo tours of his own.
The second album, Images Rolling is an ambitious move away from the electronic based music of the debut using more acoustic instruments, such as piano and violins, choosing this time not to record in a studio. The sound of the record became influenced by the natural reverbs and surroundings of the vast part-derelict three-storey house he was living in.
With influence from Simon and Garfunkel, Yann Tierson and the sound tracks of Michael Galasso it lead to the record to having a more natural sound.
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Marc Rigelsford treats his vocals, with the phasing effect giving his voice a watery, rippling effect. By the the time Magic Arm introduces the brass section, you’re convinced that this could well be the most out-there artist British pop has produced since Gruff Rhys.
http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/track-of-the-day-189-magic-arm
Once dubbed “the master of the loop pedal” by Samuel Beam of Iron and Wine, Magic Arm returns with the suped up, kaleidoscopic, power punch of pop-folk that is title track ‘Put Your Collar Up’; a joyous bound from his critically acclaimed debut, ‘Make Lists, Do Something’.
http://www.manchesterscenewipe.co.uk/2012/09/19/magic-arm-announces-put-your-collar-up-ep/