Magic Lantern

Magic Lantern

Platoon

Sun Ark

***It’s been a while since The Lantern shined its High Beams out into the world but life’s a maze of alternate paths (marriage, children, Portland Oregon, etc.) and that’s just the way it goes/went. Fortunately for all lovers of heavy male psych brotherhoods the MAGIC LANTERN gang convened back in 2009 before parting ways temporarily to track their second full-length, Platoon, and here it is. As oughta be expected, it's a monstrous hot-rod cruise into screaming dual wah distortions powered by the poker faced GAVIN/CHIP rhythm section and splattered with jazzy freak-out organ and the occasional CAMERON STALLONES echo yelp. Featuring most of their live classics from the pre-hiatus era (“Dark Cicadas,” “Friendship,” etc.) and tracked/mixed by BEST COAST’s BOBB BRUNO, this fills the hole in yr heart left by High Beams. Black vinyl LPs in classic National Geographic photo collage jackets designed by Cameron Araw. Mastered by JAMES PLOTKIN.

Magic Lantern

Magic Lantern

Woodsist

***REPRESSED!!! MAGIC LANTERN came into being at the midpoint of the decade, sparked into existence by a simultaneous period of musical discovery. Inspired by the psychedelic approach to musical tone and structure in various eras and genres of rock (not at all excluding Germany and Japan in the '70s), the band realized they ought to make use of the new creative tools they'd stumbled upon, and began jamming the summer away in twin poles of Long Beach and Whittier, CA. Their influences provided blueprints for the band to develop a raw, stripped-down sound that emphasized hypnotic rhythms and improvised guitar duels.

Magic Lantern

High Beams

Sun Ark

***After far, far too long lost in the merch-less dark, the LBC’s most married band, MAGIC LANTERNS, finally beam down the blinding full-length psych-statement we always knew they had hidden inside. It only took the Southern California sector a single five-song demo plus a handful of incense-dense komische live flights to fully fall under the spell of ML’s oncoming headlights, but now the rest of the globe can hop on the band’s wild wagon. Hold on. High Beams throws out the total 20-sided die of the their illuminative powers, from stomping, storming show staples through to Sun Araw-vibed chime trancers and even a good time acid-addled feedback boogie. These are all of the Lanterns’ classic long-form anthems, captured in glorious high-def thanks to BOBB BRUNO’s attuned production/recording capabilities and a radiant mastering job courtesy of JAMES PLOTKIN. The riffs rip, the drums destroy, and the organ burns a hole in the sun. Walk into the light. Black vinyl LPs (with full color center labels) in glossy jackets with flag photography by CAMERON & ERICA STALLONES, plus a fried-eyed, full-color 11x17 poster. Edition of 500.