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History
Magic Castles' bright vocal harmonies, hazy guitars, and warm organ drones propel their fantasyland storytelling into a warm, pastoral neo-psychedelic journey. Their early self-released albums caught the ear of like-minded voyager Anton Newcombe, and he signed the group to his A Recordings. The music they made under the label's auspices was a heady trip through the past guided by the clarity of modern recording techniques as shown on albums like 2014's Sky Sounds and 2021's Sun Reign.
The band formed in Minneapolis in 2006, growing out of singer/guitarist Jason Edmonds' home-recording project as he tapped singer/guitarist Jeremiah Doering, bassist Paul Fuglestad, drummer Brendan McInerney, and Kait Sergenian. Magic Castles played their first show at a friend's birthday party later that year, began recording their first record the following summer, and by June 2008 offered their self-released debut, The Lore of Mysticore. By then, the group had added keyboardist/singer Noah Skogerboe to further flesh out their sound, and Matt Van Genderen had replaced McInerney on the drums. This new incarnation pulled double duty in 2009, offering sophomore album Dreams of Dreams plus a limited-edition cassette, Sounds of the Forest.
