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Photo by Kittie Krivacic Magic Fig continue to be the perfect example of what psych-pop from San Francisco should sound like in 2025. Their latest single, "Goblin," is a gorgeous dream-like song that stays compelling throughout it's six minute length. Every time the song starts to get a little too comfortable in its sound, it adjusts and transforms just enough to keep it interesting. It sounds like Magic Fig collected their favorite parts of music in the past six decades to make "Goblin." It's poppy, and trippy, and somewhat twee at times while being epic at others. This is the kind of song that will make you feel like you're on psychedelics without actually imbibing.  Inna Showalter (vocals/mellotron) says of her band's latest single is... : “About the fickleness of inspiration. It’s also a song about wearing disguises and not being authentic, which causes harm in the long run. The desire to be accepted and ‘good’ cannot always coexist with followin...

Photo by Kitty Krivacic Earlier this month we brought you "Valerian Tea" from Magic Fig, and I commented that it sounded exactly like what I'd expect a San Francisco band to sound like in 2025. That goes for their latest single, "Flammarion." It keeps the classic meets modern psychedelic sound of the previous single, but it adds in some keys that sound more like classic prog rock. In fact, this new single is much more epic in scope than the previous one, and it has me envisioning a Magic Fig laser light show sometime down the road. It's an interesting mix of psychedelia and prog that you're going to find interesting, and the song will keep drilling its way deeper into your subconscious as it goes on. Inna Showalter (vocals, mellotron) says of the band's latest single: “I first encountered the Flammarion engraving in a 1970s astrology book and was instantly drawn to the image of a person peeling back the firmament and entering a different universe. Ca...

Photo by Kittie Krivacic Psych-pop supergroup Magic Fig (featuring members of The Umbrellas, Healing Potpourri, Almond Joy, Whitney's Playland, and Blades of Joy) sounds like what I'd expect a band from San Francisco to sound like in 2025. Their latest single, "Valerian Tea," has some deep roots in the glory days of 1960's psychedelia, the organs of vintage garage rock, and its all wrapped up in some modern indie pop. The song seems to float around the listener, undergoing sonic and tempo changes, while creating a surprisingly complicated yet poppy sound. If The Flaming Lips ever decided to reboot their Music Against Brain Degeneration tour, Magic Fig could be their very first call.  Inna Showalter (vocals/mellotron) says of her band's new single: “Valerian root extract was a popular remedy for anxiety and insomnia in Eastern Europe where I was born,  The song is an exploration of how I was shaped and influenced by the experiences of my maternal lineage. This ...