The Magic (album)

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The Magic
The Magic (Front Cover).jpg
Studio album by
Deerhoof
ReleasedJune 24, 2016
Length40:18
LabelPolyvinyl
Deerhoof chronology
Balter/Saunier
(2016) 		The Magic
(2016) 		Mountain Moves
(2017)

The Magic is the thirteenth studio album by Deerhoof, released in June 2016 through Polyvinyl.

Production[]

In April 2016, Deerhoof announced The Magic, its first studio album since their 2014 La Isla Bonita.[1]

Joseph Baughman created the music video for the album's "The Devil and his Anarchic Surrealist Retinue". Baughman described his style as a slow-motion improvisation. The clay animated video features chessboard pieces and multicolored minotaurs.[2] Gary McQuiggin created the video for "Dispossessor", featuring Professor Raphael Appleblossom (eccentric alter ego of author Matthew Watkins) "demonstrating" the Banach-Tarski Paradox.[3]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3.5/5 stars[5]
Pitchfork6.9/10[6]
Exclaim!9/10[7]

The album received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[4] Exclaim!'s Anna Alger was extremely positive, writing that the album "finds the wholly original and ever-engaging band at their most cohesive and versatile — which is saying a lot, given their dynamic history."[7]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."The Devil and His Anarchic Surrealist Retinue"3:14
2."Kafe Mania!"2:43
3."That Ain't No Life to Me"1:52
4."Life Is Suffering"3:36
5."Criminals of the Dream"5:00
6."Model Behavior"2:35
7."Learning to Apologize Effectively"3:15
8."Dispossessor"2:09
9."I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire"1:36
10."Acceptance Speech"3:00
11."Patrasche Come Back"0:47
12."Debut"2:54
13."Plastic Thrills"2:01
14."Little Hollywood"2:56
15."Nurse Me"2:41
Total length:40:18

References[]

  1. ^ Pearce, Sheldon. "Deerhoof Announce New Album The Magic, Share "Plastic Thrills"". Pitchfork.
  2. ^ "Deerhoof Share "The Devil and his Anarchic Surrealist Retinue" Music Video". pastemagazine.com. June 24, 2016.
  3. ^ "The Spring: Deerhoof's "Dispossessor" video".
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Critic Reviews for The Magic". Metacritic. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  5. ^ Phares, Heather. "The Magic – Deerhoof". AllMusic. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  6. ^ Scheim, Benjamin (June 29, 2016). "Deerhoof: The Magic". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Alger, Anna (June 22, 2016). "Deerhoof -The Magic". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
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