Here We Go Magic
Here We Go Magic self-titled debut album was released on Monday 29th June 2009 on Western Vinyl.
Here We Go Magic is a solo project of Luke Temple. Luke plays all instruments and vocals on this beautiful debut album. But for anyone familiar with Temple’s previous work, this is a true departure from his two previous albums, Hold A Match To A Gasoline World (2005) Snowbeast (2007).
Here We Go Magic has gentle waves of electronica and experimentation (Nat’s Alien, Ghost List) alongside more commercial sounding folk (Everything’s Big) pop (Fangela) and African rhythms that remind me of Paul Simon’s Graceland album (no more apparent than the opening track Only Pieces), though others have referenced the ethnic instrumentation and ambient space of German Krautrock band Popol Vuh.
As well as being a multi-instrumentalist, Luke Temple has the most angelic of voices, at times reminiscent of Jon Anderson.
Developed over a two-month and amazingly recorded on a 4-track at Luke Temple’s Greenpoint, Brooklyn home, the album was recorded as a solo concern and was completed with less of an editing process. Here We Go Magic is much more an unfiltered recording. The result is a brilliant, beautiful and amazing album.
Since producing he Here We Go Magic debut album, Luke Temple has assembled a four-piece band to perform the music live and plans to record further albums as a five-piece. They are Michael Bloch (guitar, vocals), Kristina Lieberson (keyboards, vocals), AJ Lambert (bass, vocals) and Peter Hale (drums).
Former Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie is a big fan and has invited Here We Go Magic to play the Bella Union label stage at the forthcoming ‘Wireless’ gig in Hyde Park as well as a night at the prestigious ICA in London.
Here We Go Magic are currently playing gigs in the US with Grizzly Bear, who are big fans and personally chose them for the tour.
UK Tour Dates
Sun 5th July – LONDON Hyde Park ‘Wireless’ – Bella Union Stage
Mon 6th July – LONDON ICA – Bella Union Night
Tue 7th July – LONDON Madame JoJo’s ‘White Heat’
Thur 9th July – GLASGOW Captains Rest
Fri 10th July – LIVERPOOL Korova ‘Evol’
Sat 11th July – LEEDS The Faversham ‘Bad Sneakers’
For more information visit Here We Go Space MySpace page.
1 comment so far
1 simon raymonde // Jul 18, 2009 at 10:26 pm
while i am sure the intentions are good, i just wanted to point out that robin guthrie is not involved with bella union, and it was I who invited HWGM to play these shows. Maybe robin IS a fan i dont know, but he moved away to rennes in 2001 to concentrate on his own music, and bella union is left to me and my cohort mark byrne to do our thing. having said all that HWGM are amazing and it really is irrelevant who told who about what! but for fact-fans i know i would get emails if i didnt correct you! x