George: The Magic Lantern

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Manchester avant-folk duo George debut record The Magic Lantern, sounding like a very interesting find. Imagine some strange mixing of Tom Waits, the Animal Collective and Kate Bush. Has anyone heard this?

― dleone (dleone), Friday, 12 September 2003 01:04 (twenty-three years ago)

I've been searching for this actually. I've only managed to find one song, "The Track Through the Woods". It wasn't overly impressive, but it did sound like my style...

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Friday, 12 September 2003 01:07 (twenty-three years ago)

have they learned how to sing yet? i've got their singles on Earworm and Bad Jazz, both of which tend towards the painful..

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 12 September 2003 02:21 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm downloading this right now, and the singing is quite pleasant.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Friday, 12 September 2003 03:12 (twenty-three years ago)

I wonder what Australian pop band George think of another band with their name, hmm :-/

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 12 September 2003 04:26 (twenty-three years ago)

This is now one of my favorite albums of the year.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Friday, 12 September 2003 06:17 (twenty-three years ago)

i hope no-one gives a rats ass what the aussie George think, unless it's "hmmm maybe we should split up" and then we will all cheer

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 12 September 2003 06:48 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...

"the magic lantern" is on pickled egg records of england, www.pickled-egg.co.uk

You can buy the album online there as well as reading the glowing reviews it's been getting! Also there's an EP out in the next couple of months on a spanish label, lejos-discos.com

if you like george and piano magic, also look out for an album that came out last year called "Arbol" on Rocket Girl records- Suzy Mangion of George sings and Miguel Marin formerly of P.M. does the lazy electronic thing.

― anthony braithwaite, Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:55 (twenty-three years ago)

six years pass...

This album is so so good. Most unfairly slept-on artist in forever? I need to track down their other stuff and Suzy's solo record.

Try it ILM, you'd like it.

― Davek (davek_00), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 23:47 (sixteen years ago)

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