Magic
Arm: Outdoor Games EPSwalf 12
10" vinyl// £5.00
11/06/07
Recorded at home on Marc’s computer, the EP ranges from twisted psych-folk
to sinister pop and austere electronica. There’s plenty to love here:
the title track builds to a towering crescendo, People Need Order takes
the ’60s harmony-pop formula and skews it with a freaky backing track
and instrumental I Want You You Want Me is built on a Casio organ beat
but expertly if incongruously blended in with banjo and church organ
sounds. Elsewhere, DAQ (Don’t Ask Questions) is what Marc refers to
as his “un-informed take on electronica,” but is actually a neat track
that pokes fun at the pretensions of the genre, love song You Should
Know has elements of ‘30s pastiche and Move Out boasts a looping flute
over a clockwork-sounding backing.
“King Biscuit at his best” DJ Magazine
“Outdoor Games is a stirring, deliciously woozy surge of a record” Guardian
Guide