Inspired by Star Trek: The Next Generation, Jean-Paul Sartre, The Beatles, something called Lacanian psychoanalysis, In Rainbows, and whatever else fits on the craft, Magdalena Bay‘s expansive sophomore album Imaginal Disk came out last summer, and it still sounds like the future.
So the Los Angeles-based, Miami-born alternative pop duo’s appearance tonight (April 29) at Boston’s House of Blues still has a forward-motion feel to it, and we’re (still) vibing hard to glossy single “Image,” a 2024 standout that emits a neon electricity in suggesting it came from another dimension through an alien electronic-pop spaceship.
It even touches down on our gentle foreheads with some pertinent healing qualities, according to the duo: “Close your eyes. Imagine a brand new, better you. Now wait 22 minutes. Now open your eyes. Meet your brand new image! Isn’t it amazing that the meat in our heads can do this?”
All told, a 22-minute therapy zone would allow us to listen to “Image” roughly 6.2 times over, so we’re going to repeat the process until it’s time to forget our collective troubles, if only for a few moments, tonight on Lansdowne. Please come take us away, Magdalena Bay, for we long for something greater.
MAGDALENA BAY :: Tuesday, April 29 at House of Blues, 15 Lansdowne St. in Boston, MA :: 7 p.m., all ages, $30 to $50 :: Event info :: Advance tickets