Rather than taking part in the E-Bay insanity where people
are spending over £1000 Radiohead tickets, you could
do worse than catch up with Magnet on one of his many forages
around the UK as a support act. Following this advice would
remove the necessity to sell an internal organ to pay for
the night out, plus shut your eyes and you might be fooled
into thinking you are watching Thom Yorke and co.
Magnet is a front for hugely promising new talent Even Johansen.
On the evidence of his third EP, 'The Day We Left Town', he
is certainly a fan of 'Ok Computer' and the recent experimental
Radiohead offerings. The title track is the lightest of the
four songs, with a sweeping, swooning, Mercury Rev opening
that gradually becomes layered with beats and percussive effects
to create a joyous wall of sound.
The additional songs move closer to the chilled-out melancholy
of Radiohead. Each track follows a similar template and they
flow together in a way that you only rarely get on an album,
let alone on an EP. As with Radiohead's post 'Bends' releases
these songs take some time to really insinuate themselves
within your affections. It is worth making the effort and
persevering because the songs become more magnificent with
every listen.
Gavin Eves
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