We’re currently in the eye of the Magdalena Bay storm. The Los Angeles-based, Miami-born duo dropped expansive sophomore album Imaginal Disk last week (August 23) via Mom+Pop Music, delivering the essential summer alt-pop soundtrack none of us truly deserve. And now we’re forced to weather the fading weeks ahead with Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin’s recorded beats n’ treats while we wait for a North American run, dubbed the Imaginal Mystery Tour, that hits Boston’s Royale on September 18.
In the meantime, we’re vibing hard to glossy summer single “Image,” which feels like 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,” Magdalena Bay offer up. “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 party in the Theatre District.
And for the totally curious, Imaginal Disk was inspired by Star Trek: The Next Generation, Jean-Paul Sartre, The Beatles, Lacanian psychoanalysis, In Rainbows, and more, detailing the story of True, played by Tenenbaum, who rediscovered the meaning of being human through “a consciousness upgrade” after an imaginal disk was inserted into her forehead. So there’s that.
Get into “Image” and the full record, below.
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