White Magic Essentials

White Magic Essentials

Combining folk's acoustic instrumentation with punk's raw edge and overtones of New Age spirituality, White Magic make music that's both ragged and meditative. “One-Note”, from their 2004 debut, spirals through strange time signatures and hypnotic piano loops, with Mira Billotte's high, clear voice as bright as the full moon; “Runaway”, from over a decade later, adds church-basement piano and psychedelic effects to the mix, sounding stranger and murkier. But it's a stark acoustic cover of Karen Dalton's “Katie Cruel” that finds the group at its most emotionally devastating.

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