Here We Go Magic

Here We Go Magic is a five-piece band made up of members Luke Temple, Kristina Lieberson, Michael Bloch, Jennifer Turner, and Peter Hale. Several of them had collaborated consistently in years prior, but the five finally came together with a single unified vision in early 2009, buoyed by the release of the self-titled Here We Go Magic album (Western Vinyl).

Pitchfork described the album, as “hazy electronic textures, endlessly-spiraling lyrical loops, occasional forays into extended sections of ambiance and noise”.

The band’s creative momentum since has been unwavering. Together they have developed a broad array of musical material and honed an explosive live sound all their own. They spent much of 2009 on successive North American and European tours with bands such Department of Eagles, Grizzly Bear, and The Walkmen, before retreating to a house near East Branch, NY to record their second full length LP.

Their second album Pigeons was released in 2010. It represents a full-on collaborative work by a band with an uncanny musical chemistry. As they were immersed together in a very reactive and spontaneous creative process, most of the arrangements and textural treatments were born at the same moment as the songs themselves. Songwriter Luke Temple’s evocative melodies and lyrics are thus complimented and fleshed out in completely organic ways.