Manchester based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Marc Rigelsford, better known as Magic Arm, gives new meaning to the phrase ‘work from home’. Rigelsford recently released his psychedelic sophomore LP, ‘Images Rolling’, which like his first album was recorded in the vast part-derelict three-storey house he was living in. Unlike his first effort however, ‘Images Rolling’ departs from Magic Arm’s hallmark electronic sound and makes abundant use of live instrumentation.
‘Warning Sign,’ the third track off Images Rolling is exemplary of this transition – utilizing live piano, strings, and brass. ‘Warning Sign’ recalls the ambience of Sigur Ros’ weirdly magical off-kilter daydreams, its patient charm wafts through a hue of 60′s psychedelia with a wistful glow, gently buffered by its nostalgic sway, finding the woozy middle ground between summer vibes and solitude, escapism and direct poignancy.
Warning Sign release date 12/08/2013 (Switchflicker/Peacefrog)
Magic Arm will play the following festivals:
Friday 26 July – Lawn stage at Cloudspotting
Saturday 27th July – Tim Burgess presents Tim Peaks Tent at Kendal Calling
Sunday 28 July – The Local sunset sessions at The Secret Garden Party
Saturday 14th September – Festival Number 6
Wednesday 25th September – Paradiso, Amsterdam
Friday 27th September – Reeperbahnfestival, Hamburg, Germany
Saturday 28th September – Berlin Independent Night, Berlin, Germany
Sunday 29th September – Studio 672, Cologne, Germany
Sunday 29th September – Studio 672, Cologne, Germany
Tuesday 1st October – Kafic, Leipzig, Germany
Wednesday 2nd October – Hauskonzerte, Munich, Germany
Thursday 3rd October – Waves Festival, Vienna, Austria
