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Magic Mind

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Dimension IV 02:16
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Sami & Sandy 04:20
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Standing on the Water 03:17
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Sunken Cathedral 04:46
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Ghost Lake 04:57
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Moss Landing 00:24
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Collapsing Star 05:30
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Calabi Yau 00:51
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Magic Mind 08:31
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about

Magic Mind is Sandy’s magnum opus. On their new album, the San Francisco band led by Alexi Glickman crafts a collection of songs combining inventive studio productions with timeless songwriting influenced by the likes of Bach, Brian Wilson, and The Beatles. Giant sized harmonies pair with echoing guitar and colorful synthesizers conjuring the spirit of epic 70’s surf films.

After releasing Chime in 2018, a much loved album recorded in a seaside cabin, Alexi imagined a collection of songs that would invite us to glimpse an alternate world. Looking beyond the lo-fi recording techniques of their back catalogue, the band collaborated with studio whiz David Glasebrook (Royal Oakie Records) to achieve a unique fidelity that retains the rough edges of Sandy’s signature sound and places them in a 3D cinematic soundscape.

The album loosely follows an archetypal couple as they move through a mystical realm, encountering both benevolent teachers and violent apparitions attempting to tear them apart. Through it all, they are bound by love and shared dreams. 

Title track “Magic Mind” celebrates both the brilliance and strife that accompanies the complex minds in the Sandy’s creative family. Rather than romanticizing their suffering, the song delivers moments of sublime catharsis and transcendence. Meanwhile, lead single “Sami & Sandy” is a lost 80’s cassette pop paen of new love and hope in the face of tragedy, recorded by Jeremy Harris. “Ghost Lake” is a sun faded ballad featuring the shredding of guitar legend Brett Garsed. “Sunken Cathedral”, a sound painting inspired by Debussy, conjures the landscape of Northern California’s Mt. Tamalpais and the surrounding valleys and coastlines the band calls home.

During mixing, Alexi’s father Eddie died suddenly, and new layers of grief and celebration were woven into the fabric of the album to honor his artistic legacy. “Ghost Lake” borrows it’s title from a 1978 dance choreographed by Eddie for his Santa Monica-based company Rodeo ex Machina, featuring a family of Samurai soaring above a cracked desert basin.

Like the best work of Elliott Smith and Judee Sill, Magic Mind is deeply soulful and possesses an authentic intensity that is undeniable. Ultimately the archetypal couple emerges triumphant from realms of darkness, uncertainty, and adversity—a vibrant metaphor for the human experience; a celebration of what it means to be human and possess a Magic Mind.

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released June 11, 2021

Produced by Alexi Glickman
Mixed by Alexi Glickman and David Glasebrook
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk at Stereophonic Mastering
Engineering by Alexi Glickman, David Glasebrook, Jeremy Harris, Burton Li, and Cody Rhodes
All songs written by Alexi Glickman, except "Ghost Lake" by Alexi Glickman & Dmitri Glickman © 2021 Rabbit Narrow (SESAC)
Artwork by Colin Nitta & Dave Muller
Art Direction by Burton Li
Executive Producer: David Glasebrook

Played by Alexi Glickman, Burton Li, Dave Muller, Dmitri Glickman, Iain Mann, Cody Rhodes, Nick Aives, Brett Garsed, Jeremy Harris

© and ℗ 2020 Royal Oakie Records LLC

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Together, Sandy’s band build giant sized harmonies and resonating echoed guitar work that sounds like it was filtered through a glorious, sunny ’70s filter. Sometimes straight up breezy California surf rock, other times venturing into more hazy psych-pop, imagine if The Beach Boys recorded Pet Sounds again after listening to the Polyvinyl back catalog and you get some idea of where this is rooted. ... more

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