Not Many Experts

The offhand, distracted brilliance of Here We Go Magic’s “Make Up Your Mind” raises just one question; was Nigel Godrich the genius, or was Radiohead? Because this, Here We Go Magic’s first revealed material with Mr Godrich, stinks of all those wonderful Radiohead-associated qualities; the disinterested, yet sharp, lyrics, the linear structure with subtle progressions and eccentric additions, the irony that a song that is essentially so simple just feels so different; the wonderful untrodden territory that nobody had thought to tred. Maybe. Probably not. But as Here We Go Magic’s three guitars walk all over each other like a perfect mistake, it’s tough not to wonder, because as much as I was a fan of their 2009 debut, on the evidence of “Make Up Your Mind”, Here We Go Magic are hitting new levels.

New LP “A Different Ship” drops on May 8th via Secretly Canadian. I’m painfully aware that that is a long time in the future.