Images Rolling out 3rd June 2013 Limited edition vinyl is available for pre-order £14.99 inc P&P. (£11.99 + £3 P&P) Digipack CD is available for pre-order £9.99 inc P&P. (£8.99 + £1 P&P) Moving away from the more electronic sound of his debut LP, Images Rolling has taken on the natural reverbs of the vast part-derelict [...]
Released 08/10/2012 DIY pop raconteur Marc Rigelsford – the mastermind behind Manchester’s Magic Arm – has got some nerve. It takes a brave soul to pen a debut album as daring and different as 2009’s acclaimed Make Lists, Do Something – a record that tumbles through the kaleidoscopic pop sprawl of early McCartney and Beach [...]
Make Lists Do Something is the debut album from Magic Arm and features the singles ‘Bootsy Bootsy’, ‘Outdoor Games’ and ‘Widths & Heights’ Magic Arm – is otherwise known as Marc Rigelsford. Like Beck, Beta Band or Patrick Wolf, Magic Arm is a sonically curious soul who fuses folk, rock and effervescent electronics. But, as [...]
As an introduction to the world of Magic Arm, ‘Bootsy Bootsy’ could not be better. The pure joy of this ostensibly larky, hugely infectious slice of DIY pop, is subverted neatly by the lyric “Inside everyone, I hear the end, and that’s ominous.” Magic Arm is another solo poppet, another Sam, this time Samuel Beam. [...]
Hailed by Iron & Wine’s Samuel Beam as ‘the master of the loop pedal’, multi instrumentalist Marc Rigelsford, AKA the Manchester based Magic Arm, is set to release ‘Widths and Heights’ on Switchflicker Records in July. Splendidly eclectic, ‘Widths and Heights’ is a masterpiece of musicianship, with layers of sounds, bleeps and vocals all fighting [...]
Recorded at home on Magic Arm’s computer, the EP ranges from twisted psych-folk to sinister pop and austere electronica. There’s plenty to love here: the title track builds to a towering crescendo, People Need Order takes the ’60s harmony-pop formula and skews it with a freaky backing track and instrumental I Want You You Want [...]
