A Different Ship - Here We Go Magic (2012)
Here We Go Magic fit loosely into the Brooklyn indie rock scene, but were always kind of an odd fit there. There are tons of electronic and studio effect flourishes that often make more of the band’s sound than the straightforward arrangements the musicians were playing.
They always like a good Kraftwerk-style “motorik” beat (I loathe the term “krautrock” but it’s what a lot of people call it), building a base for a calm but never boring lyrical and instrumental attack.
They’d occasionally break out of that into more aggressively pop rock territory, and it works great as change of pace.
HWGM would only release one more record, which highlighted that they were evolving out of being much of a musicians-in-the-room band and were becoming the recording project of singer and leader Luke Temple. Temple has continued to record under his own name as well as under the alias Art Feynman.
