#before the waves

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beautiful photo of the before the waves vinyl

(psst: you can snag this for $20 at the magic man webstore)

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I think Magic Man is a fan of Les Mis

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the al pal on the mountain

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some more beautiful art from jolene!

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really rad: a clay version of before the waves :-)

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Not many bands so young create concept albums – where the songs are unified by a theme or story, but it’s safe to say that Before The Waves is ambitious in that sense. Where the group saw their debut as a chance to create an experience that would allow the listener to hear the different ranges of their work without having to listen to the entire record, their latest went in the opposite direction. “There are some albums that are concept albums, like Tommy, where the tracklisting is telling a story from start to end,” explains Lee. “We thought of Before The Waves in that way. Not trying to tell the story of one character from his birth to his death, but we did think about it as one particular listening experience: two sides of a vinyl record, even though many people don’t listen to music in that way anymore. Many people don’t even listen to albums all the way through anymore, but it was very cool to think about it as a 45 minute or so experience from start to finish.

interview with When the Gramophone Rings (2015)