Polly Brannan (sailor) - vocals, Adie Bannister (captain) - guitar, production, Leon Ferbrache (pirate) - guitar, Tom Morris (lookout) - bass, Pete Havard (stow away) -drums
Influences
Polly-explosions & old guns,
Adie-space hoppers & Giacometti,
Leon-facial hair & meat,
Tom-bic pens & the Tour de France,
Pete-brown packaging paper & bankers lamps
Sounds Like
a seastorm, a lady sailor sings ontop of a small army of pop, wouldnt you agree?
Magic8 are Polly (vocals), Adie (guitar and production), Leon (guitar), Pete (drums) ,and Tom (bass)
Since forming in London, weve played various gigs including: London Design Week, The Camden Barfly, The Rhythm Factory, The Luminaire, Water Rats, The Old Blue Last, the Brixton Windmill and also as support band for The Duke Spirit at the Astoria.
Songs "Battleships" and "2 of One" were featured on XFM and Radio One, and new release "Give Up" is being distributed by Rough Trade and other music shops.
We played in the Lee Jeans unsigned tour last summer and were also featured in the top 20 unsigned acts on www.ukmusicsearch.co.uk.
"Strident, a brisk new-wave like gait with intricate and filmy guitar work at the core of their verve. Pollys vocals have more than a touch of Debbie Harrys classic cool, indeed their pop music (skewed, but not obstinately so) is so handsomely self-assured, they dont need the shades and tacked on aloofness to tell their rock n roll story."
Vanity Project - 2005
Blending some of the best off kilter guitar riffs this side of the Pixies, a cool robotic rhythm section and the icy cool vocals of Polly, lying somewhere between Justine Frischmann, Alison Goldfrapp and Kim Deal. Magic 8 are a band to adore you should take them to your heart and cherish them"
Mike UKmusicsearch - 2005
Hey Leon. Did you get the DVD? Soz I didnt put a wee message in, but I was in a bit of a rush that day and I just wanted to get it out to you! Looking forward to seeing the Barbar footage :) Cheers mate Daz
Hi Magic 8, 'appy new year! Our debut album 'Hope Is Not Enough' has been nominated for the XFM New Music Award 2009. If you like it please click on the banner to vote for us. Thanks! Sam & rtP p.s. Come and see us play tomorrow Friday 16th Jan at Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Rd, W12 7LJ. On stage 9:30pm.
On behalf of the Vale Earth Fair & Collective, we wish you a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR full of joy throughout 2009. GUERNSEY LOVES YA! Thankyou SO MUCH for coming over & adding your magic in 2008! Leon, must send you VEF 08 footage, got it edited (msg me your addy) VEF x
Hey guys, just want to say a MASSIVE THANKYOU for popping over and putting on such a wonderful gig :) and the Del La Rue set (no Polly, not Deja Vu hehe) What a cracking band and I wish you all the best of success for the future!
Take care and 'a la perchoione' (ask Leon). Much love VEF crew x
