Alessandro - bass guitar, banjo, saw
Giorgio - drums
Grace - vocals, accordion, acst guitar
Paolo - piano, acst/elec guitars
Sounds Like
"A wonderful surprise - bringing up not too distant memories of a young teenager discovering Ida and Red House Painters for the first time, overjoyed at how beautiful, joyous, and oddly melancholy music can be."
Foxy Digitalis, USA
"Using folk as their starting point, the band add touches of drone, wyrdness and emotion...with 'Time Yet' having the feel of a Nick Drake recording." Terrascope Online, UK
"Our notes range from post-rock guitars to Modest Mouse to Anne Briggs to Scout Niblett to Shearwater to the Indelicates to Asthmatic Kitty records in general... It's a properly great record, in other words."
Sweeping The Nation, UK
“A fuzzily unabashed delight that charms you with its nonchalance and shows that these folksome poppets have plenty more left to offer.”
Is This Music?, UK
"The very definition of brooding."
RetroLowFi, USA
"Magpie Wedding weave an intriguing sonic tapestry... It's thought provoking and veers away from the obvious without sacrificing all vestiges of melody, something which is surely to their credit. Like their namesakes, they are capable of collecting silver and gold from the unlikeliest sources, so let's hope they continue to swoop."
Whisperin' & Hollerin', Ireland
"I find myself drawn to the ominous violin and sounds that normally would run through your mind’s ear while walking down an unlit alley."
Slowcoustic, Canada
"Torches is an EP that has the flavour of a classic, to be listened to and rediscovered again and again, a gentle light, but absolutely vital."
SuccoAcido, Italy
ITALIANO
"Ben curato e fascinoso... Bolognesi, ma inglesi nell’animo, sembrano avere i Larsen sullo sfondo e i Trees all’orizzonte. Folk sottilmente psichedelico in bell’imballaggio."
Rumore, Italia (apr 2009)
"Una mezzora che scalda il cuore... lasciando ben presagire per il futuro: e noi qui ad applaudire con gusto"
Rockerilla, Italia (apr 2009)
"Distorsioni di battaglia in retroguardia vicino ad angelico cantato d'altri tempi" Blow Up, Italia (Edizione luglio 2009)
"Fate conto: i Fairport Convention riletti con la ritmica soffusa e spezzettata dei Dirty Three, i crescendo sinusoidali degli Slint, l’incedere trasognato dei Gravenhurst."
Ondarock, Italia
"Quando cedono sul versante Strawbs è solo per rimarcare la melmosa inquietudine quasi Arcade Fire che li anima, e che potrebbe portarli lontano se saranno bravi"
SentireAscoltare, Italia
"Onde emozionanti di folk rock intrise di psichedelia e un tappeto malinconico...Trenta minuti colmi di contenuti affascinanti. E di battiti magici."
Rockit, Italia
"Si consiglia vivamente l'ascolto dei Magpie Wedding e del loro "Torches"."
Debaser, Italia
"Una band intrigante e molto, molto promettente"
Losing Today, Italia
"I Magpie Wedding hanno trovato il suono che mancava, quella commistione che può rendere nuovamente appetibile la musica tradizionale britannica, dalla quale partire per rinnovare anche la nostra."
Kataweb, Italia
"Un ep che ha il sapore del classico, da riascoltare e riscoprire, una luce fioca, ma assolutamente vitale."
SuccoAcido, Italia
Free music to download from www.magpiewedding.com/music! Two live recordings from our recent gig with Josephine Foster and Mimes of Wine. We hope you enjoy.
Torches is available on audio CD for 6 euros. This 6-track release comes presented in handmade cardboard packaging with kickass cover art by Michelle Enemark. You can buy it online from www.magpiewedding.com, directly from us at gigs, or in person from these sweet art/music stores:
ITALY
Bologna: Disco d'Oro, via Galleria 23
Bologna: Fragilecontinuo, vicolo de Facchini 2A
Bologna: MODO infoshop, via Mascarella 24b
Jesi (AN): Transylvania Dischi, Costa Mezzalancia
Montebelluna (TV): Hole Records, viale della Vittoria 14/A
Pavia: Downtown Dischi, via Rezia 5-7
Reggio Emilia: Eight Ball Records, via Emilia S. Pietro 54/b
Torino: Rock & Folk, via Bogino 4
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