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By Alex Hudson
Earlier this year, Toronto rock outfit Magneta Lane returned with a new EP, Witchrock, and now they've rolled out a music video for the collection's opening track, "Burn."
The clip for this sinisterly heavy rocker shows the band performing behind a wall of flames while a child fights back against pop culture stereotypes.
Lead singer Lexi Valentine said in a statement, "The whole concept behind the video is basically talking about how media affects young people in today's world. We've become very passionate about this issue, and especially when it comes to the influence of media on young girls. The more we sit and think about what we digest on a daily basis and the examples we get out there — the more we believe it's important to be your own role models. So much information is getting pushed down our throats and doesn't necessarily relate to any of us in a realistic sense. It doesn't matter how young you are — we want people to challenge what you see, to ask questions. For teenage girls, they need to know they all have great potential and to never settle for less or for being a version of something else. Never give in. You are your own greatest example — so know your worth." - Exclaim!
By Alex Hudson
Earlier this year, Toronto rock outfit Magneta Lane returned with a new EP, Witchrock, and now they've rolled out a music video for the collection's opening track, "Burn."
The clip for this sinisterly heavy rocker shows the band performing behind a wall of flames while a child fights back against pop culture stereotypes.
Lead singer Lexi Valentine said in a statement, "The whole concept behind the video is basically talking about how media affects young people in today's world. We've become very passionate about this issue, and especially when it comes to the influence of media on young girls. The more we sit and think about what we digest on a daily basis and the examples we get out there — the more we believe it's important to be your own role models. So much information is getting pushed down our throats and doesn't necessarily relate to any of us in a realistic sense. It doesn't matter how young you are — we want people to challenge what you see, to ask questions. For teenage girls, they need to know they all have great potential and to never settle for less or for being a version of something else. Never give in. You are your own greatest example — so know your worth." - Exclaim!
O Canada, how do you produce so many great bands? Maybe it's the cleaner air, the relatively liberal culture, the cold, the hockey, or the feeling that you're really better than your southern neighbor who gets all the attention-- sort of a younger sibling overachiever syndrome. Whatever it is, both Toronto and its thriving, consistent indie rock scene and Montreal's bundles of post-rock par excellence and really corking pop have produced a number of worthwhile bands in recent years.
Magneta Lane can be filed under "corking pop", albeit with a bit o' punk-- mostly manifested in their incredible efficiency and high tempos-- thrown in for good measure. Guitar, bass, drums, vox and the occasional tambourine are all they bother with and all they need, and the three women who form this trio give you only the necessary material to drive the songs home. Guitarist/vocalist Lexi Valentine sings in a high alto range with a velvety, sassy tone-- and while the melodies are strong, it's the way the band pushes them through clever rhythmic shifts and dynamic alterations that raise them to a whole different level.
The opening title track is their blueprint, laying out both their approach to tension and release and their sense of kinetic motion-- although that dry description doesn't half describe what a ridiculously great song it is. Valentine is up front (Uncut's Jon Drew gives them a punchy, clean sound with just enough grit to keep them honest) cooing over a jumpy, fractious beat, but as the verse progresses, bassist French and drummer Nadia King slide into an urgent rhythm. From there the song is pure exuberant pop fizz grounded by the emotionally confused subject matter of the lyrics: "She could never find real love/ She was a constant lover" goes the setup, ringing guitar arpeggios mingling with the vocals to coalesce into a gooey mega-hook.
"Ugly Socialite" and "Kissing Is Easy" are even more tightly coiled, moving along like a coiled spring, stretching out through effervescent choruses and winding back up in the choppy verses. The only song that sacrifices this economy is "Mare of the Night", which gets louder and more distorted than necessary, sacrificing streamlined flow for noisy guitar excursions and featuring verses that aren't as neatly formed as the ones around it. All told, though, Constant Lover is an impressive, memorable debut by a band with a great instinct for developing songs for maximum impact. - PITCHFORK
O Canada, how do you produce so many great bands? Maybe it's the cleaner air, the relatively liberal culture, the cold, the hockey, or the feeling that you're really better than your southern neighbor who gets all the attention-- sort of a younger sibling overachiever syndrome. Whatever it is, both Toronto and its thriving, consistent indie rock scene and Montreal's bundles of post-rock par excellence and really corking pop have produced a number of worthwhile bands in recent years.
Magneta Lane can be filed under "corking pop", albeit with a bit o' punk-- mostly manifested in their incredible efficiency and high tempos-- thrown in for good measure. Guitar, bass, drums, vox and the occasional tambourine are all they bother with and all they need, and the three women who form this trio give you only the necessary material to drive the songs home. Guitarist/vocalist Lexi Valentine sings in a high alto range with a velvety, sassy tone-- and while the melodies are strong, it's the way the band pushes them through clever rhythmic shifts and dynamic alterations that raise them to a whole different level.
The opening title track is their blueprint, laying out both their approach to tension and release and their sense of kinetic motion-- although that dry description doesn't half describe what a ridiculously great song it is. Valentine is up front (Uncut's Jon Drew gives them a punchy, clean sound with just enough grit to keep them honest) cooing over a jumpy, fractious beat, but as the verse progresses, bassist French and drummer Nadia King slide into an urgent rhythm. From there the song is pure exuberant pop fizz grounded by the emotionally confused subject matter of the lyrics: "She could never find real love/ She was a constant lover" goes the setup, ringing guitar arpeggios mingling with the vocals to coalesce into a gooey mega-hook.
"Ugly Socialite" and "Kissing Is Easy" are even more tightly coiled, moving along like a coiled spring, stretching out through effervescent choruses and winding back up in the choppy verses. The only song that sacrifices this economy is "Mare of the Night", which gets louder and more distorted than necessary, sacrificing streamlined flow for noisy guitar excursions and featuring verses that aren't as neatly formed as the ones around it. All told, though, Constant Lover is an impressive, memorable debut by a band with a great instinct for developing songs for maximum impact. - PITCHFORK
Today, Magneta Lane announced that the video for their new single 'Burn' is their most personal one to date, with a strong message for teenagers. It has quickly become the band’s favourite promo film they’ve created. The high-energy music video premiered today on YouTube and was added immediately to MuchLoud.
"The whole concept behind the video is basically talking about how media affects young people in today's world,” says lead singer Lexi Valentine. “We've become very passionate about this issue, and especially when it comes to the influence of media on young girls. The more we sit and think about what we digest on a daily basis and the examples we get out there - the more we believe it’s important to be your own role models. So much information is getting pushed down our throats and doesn't necessarily relate to any of us in a realistic sense. It doesn't matter how young you are – we want people to challenge what you see, to ask questions. For teenage girls, they need to know they all have great potential and to never settle for less or for being a version of something else. Never give in. You are your own greatest example - so know your worth."
The music video directed by Aaron A and is featured on Magneta Lane’s Witchrock EP.
Magneta Lane – formed in suburban Toronto by Valentine, her sister/drummer Nadia King and one-named bassist French in 2003 – was celebrated on delivery by numerous pundits on both sides of the Canada/U.S. divide as an uncannily pop-savvy trio of teenage ingénues when Paper Bag Records issued its debut EP, The Constant Lover, in 2004. The collaboration of Magneta Lane and new producers Rick Jackett and James Black of Finger Eleven catalyzed the intriguing new phase of Magneta Lane’s career heralded by Witchrock. 'Burn' plays up the tougher rhythmic intensity hinted at on their 2006 debut Dancing With Daggers and introduces a stronger attitude of seminal proto-punk forebears as Chrissie Hynde and Blondie with much more bite and confidence.
- ALT SOUNDS
Today, Magneta Lane announced that the video for their new single 'Burn' is their most personal one to date, with a strong message for teenagers. It has quickly become the band’s favourite promo film they’ve created. The high-energy music video premiered today on YouTube and was added immediately to MuchLoud.
"The whole concept behind the video is basically talking about how media affects young people in today's world,” says lead singer Lexi Valentine. “We've become very passionate about this issue, and especially when it comes to the influence of media on young girls. The more we sit and think about what we digest on a daily basis and the examples we get out there - the more we believe it’s important to be your own role models. So much information is getting pushed down our throats and doesn't necessarily relate to any of us in a realistic sense. It doesn't matter how young you are – we want people to challenge what you see, to ask questions. For teenage girls, they need to know they all have great potential and to never settle for less or for being a version of something else. Never give in. You are your own greatest example - so know your worth."
The music video directed by Aaron A and is featured on Magneta Lane’s Witchrock EP.
Magneta Lane – formed in suburban Toronto by Valentine, her sister/drummer Nadia King and one-named bassist French in 2003 – was celebrated on delivery by numerous pundits on both sides of the Canada/U.S. divide as an uncannily pop-savvy trio of teenage ingénues when Paper Bag Records issued its debut EP, The Constant Lover, in 2004. The collaboration of Magneta Lane and new producers Rick Jackett and James Black of Finger Eleven catalyzed the intriguing new phase of Magneta Lane’s career heralded by Witchrock. 'Burn' plays up the tougher rhythmic intensity hinted at on their 2006 debut Dancing With Daggers and introduces a stronger attitude of seminal proto-punk forebears as Chrissie Hynde and Blondie with much more bite and confidence.
- ALT SOUNDS
She may have hated herself and had “no f**king clue about anything” back in 2003, but that did not stop 17-year-old singer-guitarist Lexi Valentine from forming a band with her drummer sister Nadia, then 15, and their bassist friend French. Nor did it stop them from becoming, for awhile at least, the toast of Toronto’s indie rock scene.
The band was (and remains) Magneta Lane, and their debut EP, 2004’s The Constant Lover, won them much attention, perhaps more than any teenager could reasonably be expected to attract and yet remain level-headed.
“You would have punched yourself back then,” Nadia says.
“I would have,” Lexi, now 26, agrees. “If I would have met myself at seventeen and met that bratty girl... Because, oh my god, I probably would have been like ‘Shut up! You don’t know what you’re talking about. Just calm down.’”
One decade, two full-length albums, and a few record deals later, Magneta Lane is, for lack of a better word, back. Their new EP Witchrock came out this Tuesday through the band’s own Splendor House label and eOne Music, and was inspired by the “dark period” (Lexi’s words) that descended upon them in the wake of their last album, 2010’s Gambling with God, put out through Metric’s label, Last Gang Records. Questions about their management, label, and sound led the trio to take a break in order to recharge creatively, practice their craft, and learn their business, something about which they knew precious little when they were signing contracts as teens.
“It’s so important, knowing your business, being in music,” says Lexi. “Especially now, because you can’t be Kurt Cobain anymore. You have to be Kurt Cobain and Donald Trump. You know what I mean? It’s not as easy. You can’t be this tragic rock star anymore because it’s not going to do anything for your business. And it’s double the work, but it’s worth learning.”
While she initially felt “discouraged” about the state of the band’s career post-Gambling with God, Lexi eventually “got mad.” She started sitting in her basement with her guitar and headphones, using a “super-awful” recording program to sketch out songs that sounded unlike anything Magneta Lane had recorded before.
“We write our songs together, and now that we’re writing for the full-length, we’ll definitely all write together. But at that time, for some reason, I was just like ‘I need to write this because I’m pissed.’ That was my way to deal with it. And then when they heard it” – referencing her bandmates – “they liked it, so that’s a plus.”
A mutual acquaintance introduced them to Finger Eleven members Rick Jackett and James Black, who agreed to produce the four songs that make up Witchrock. The band started pre-production in November 2011 and worked on the material on and off for the next four months at Coalition Studios in Toronto’s east end, an experience that proved to be exciting for more than creative reasons.
Says Lexi: “The thing about this place that is so cool is, because it used to be this old monastery, there are sections to it that have stained glass windows. And I actually, not to sound like one of those people that are like ‘I so believe in ghosts,’ but I’m totally one of those people that’s like ‘I so believe in ghosts.’ I’m very superstitious too.
“But I remember having the headphones on, and you can tell when they are studio sounds. But some of the sounds that were picked up, it was like ‘This is so creepy. There’s definitely something going on here, right?’ But whether it was a ghost or not, I don’t know, but the idea of one is pretty awesome.”
Given their ages when they first started out, I wonder how the role of Magneta Lane in their lives has changed since they formed back in 2003.
Says Lexi: “I think it’s still the number one priority in our lives, which I think for a lot of people that changes. And I think that’s why a lot of people give up, because they think, ‘This is becoming exhausting. There are egos in the band, and hardships and stuff.’”
“There are no egos in our band,” adds Nadia. “We’re just like ‘Lex, you do all the interviews!’”
“How it’s changed is maybe just our outlook on things,” says the frontwoman. “I think before, we were kids just trying to find our feet in this industry that we wanted to be a part of. We wanted to be part of a band. We didn’t really know what came along with that until it actually started happening.
“People used to ask us all the time: ‘Are you guys a feminist band?’ I still don’t consider us a feminist band. But at the same time, now that we’re older, the role that females play in our industry is so important to me, and it is so important to me what young girls are listening to out there. That stuff now is super important to us, and that’s stuff that we didn’t think about back then, because we were just like ‘blah.’” - MSN Entertainment
She may have hated herself and had “no f**king clue about anything” back in 2003, but that did not stop 17-year-old singer-guitarist Lexi Valentine from forming a band with her drummer sister Nadia, then 15, and their bassist friend French. Nor did it stop them from becoming, for awhile at least, the toast of Toronto’s indie rock scene.
The band was (and remains) Magneta Lane, and their debut EP, 2004’s The Constant Lover, won them much attention, perhaps more than any teenager could reasonably be expected to attract and yet remain level-headed.
“You would have punched yourself back then,” Nadia says.
“I would have,” Lexi, now 26, agrees. “If I would have met myself at seventeen and met that bratty girl... Because, oh my god, I probably would have been like ‘Shut up! You don’t know what you’re talking about. Just calm down.’”
One decade, two full-length albums, and a few record deals later, Magneta Lane is, for lack of a better word, back. Their new EP Witchrock came out this Tuesday through the band’s own Splendor House label and eOne Music, and was inspired by the “dark period” (Lexi’s words) that descended upon them in the wake of their last album, 2010’s Gambling with God, put out through Metric’s label, Last Gang Records. Questions about their management, label, and sound led the trio to take a break in order to recharge creatively, practice their craft, and learn their business, something about which they knew precious little when they were signing contracts as teens.
“It’s so important, knowing your business, being in music,” says Lexi. “Especially now, because you can’t be Kurt Cobain anymore. You have to be Kurt Cobain and Donald Trump. You know what I mean? It’s not as easy. You can’t be this tragic rock star anymore because it’s not going to do anything for your business. And it’s double the work, but it’s worth learning.”
While she initially felt “discouraged” about the state of the band’s career post-Gambling with God, Lexi eventually “got mad.” She started sitting in her basement with her guitar and headphones, using a “super-awful” recording program to sketch out songs that sounded unlike anything Magneta Lane had recorded before.
“We write our songs together, and now that we’re writing for the full-length, we’ll definitely all write together. But at that time, for some reason, I was just like ‘I need to write this because I’m pissed.’ That was my way to deal with it. And then when they heard it” – referencing her bandmates – “they liked it, so that’s a plus.”
A mutual acquaintance introduced them to Finger Eleven members Rick Jackett and James Black, who agreed to produce the four songs that make up Witchrock. The band started pre-production in November 2011 and worked on the material on and off for the next four months at Coalition Studios in Toronto’s east end, an experience that proved to be exciting for more than creative reasons.
Says Lexi: “The thing about this place that is so cool is, because it used to be this old monastery, there are sections to it that have stained glass windows. And I actually, not to sound like one of those people that are like ‘I so believe in ghosts,’ but I’m totally one of those people that’s like ‘I so believe in ghosts.’ I’m very superstitious too.
“But I remember having the headphones on, and you can tell when they are studio sounds. But some of the sounds that were picked up, it was like ‘This is so creepy. There’s definitely something going on here, right?’ But whether it was a ghost or not, I don’t know, but the idea of one is pretty awesome.”
Given their ages when they first started out, I wonder how the role of Magneta Lane in their lives has changed since they formed back in 2003.
Says Lexi: “I think it’s still the number one priority in our lives, which I think for a lot of people that changes. And I think that’s why a lot of people give up, because they think, ‘This is becoming exhausting. There are egos in the band, and hardships and stuff.’”
“There are no egos in our band,” adds Nadia. “We’re just like ‘Lex, you do all the interviews!’”
“How it’s changed is maybe just our outlook on things,” says the frontwoman. “I think before, we were kids just trying to find our feet in this industry that we wanted to be a part of. We wanted to be part of a band. We didn’t really know what came along with that until it actually started happening.
“People used to ask us all the time: ‘Are you guys a feminist band?’ I still don’t consider us a feminist band. But at the same time, now that we’re older, the role that females play in our industry is so important to me, and it is so important to me what young girls are listening to out there. That stuff now is super important to us, and that’s stuff that we didn’t think about back then, because we were just like ‘blah.’” - MSN Entertainment
Though it is the day after Valentine’s Day, the love continues on the R3-30! Today, in addition to the countdown chart you’ll be hearing a few sweet song dedications on the show.
Your votes have really switched up the chart this week, and there are three debuts that make the top 5 and a new number 1 this week!
:: Click here to vote on the next R3-30! ::
Vote for as many songs as you want, once every 24 hours. Voting closes Tuesday at noon ET.
The R3-30 w/e February 15, 2013
30. Mac DeMarco "Freaking out the Neighbourhood"
29. Maylee Todd "Baby's Got It"
28. Loon Choir "Nowhere to Go"
27. Erik Lind & the Orchard "War Outside"
26. Kate Rogers Band "TheLake"
25. Minotaurs "New Believers"
24. Aidan Knight "Skip"
23. Two Hours Traffic "Faster 4 U"
22. Kid Koala "3 Bit Blues"
21. Half Moon Run "Call Me In The Afternoon"
20. Wake Owl "Gold"
19. The Nautical Miles "Mythmaker"
18. Cuff The Duke "Rise Above"
17. Hayden "Old Dreams"
16. Justin Rutledge "AmenAmerica"
15. Young Galaxy "Pretty Boy"
14. Diamond Rings "All The Time"
13. Born Ruffians "With Her Shadow"
12. Mo Kenney "Sucker"
11. Japandroids "The Nights of Wine and Roses"
10. The Zolas "Strange Girl"
9. Hollerado "Pick Me Up"
8. Jenn Grant "In The Belly of A Dragon"
7. Metric "Synthetica"
6. Whitehorse "Devil's Got a Gun"
5. We Are Wolves "As the Moon Sets"
4. Rah Rah "I'm a Killer"
3. Hannah Georgas "Somebody"
2. Wildlife "Born To Ruin"
1. Magneta Lane "Burn"
- CBC
Though it is the day after Valentine’s Day, the love continues on the R3-30! Today, in addition to the countdown chart you’ll be hearing a few sweet song dedications on the show.
Your votes have really switched up the chart this week, and there are three debuts that make the top 5 and a new number 1 this week!
:: Click here to vote on the next R3-30! ::
Vote for as many songs as you want, once every 24 hours. Voting closes Tuesday at noon ET.
The R3-30 w/e February 15, 2013
30. Mac DeMarco "Freaking out the Neighbourhood"
29. Maylee Todd "Baby's Got It"
28. Loon Choir "Nowhere to Go"
27. Erik Lind & the Orchard "War Outside"
26. Kate Rogers Band "TheLake"
25. Minotaurs "New Believers"
24. Aidan Knight "Skip"
23. Two Hours Traffic "Faster 4 U"
22. Kid Koala "3 Bit Blues"
21. Half Moon Run "Call Me In The Afternoon"
20. Wake Owl "Gold"
19. The Nautical Miles "Mythmaker"
18. Cuff The Duke "Rise Above"
17. Hayden "Old Dreams"
16. Justin Rutledge "AmenAmerica"
15. Young Galaxy "Pretty Boy"
14. Diamond Rings "All The Time"
13. Born Ruffians "With Her Shadow"
12. Mo Kenney "Sucker"
11. Japandroids "The Nights of Wine and Roses"
10. The Zolas "Strange Girl"
9. Hollerado "Pick Me Up"
8. Jenn Grant "In The Belly of A Dragon"
7. Metric "Synthetica"
6. Whitehorse "Devil's Got a Gun"
5. We Are Wolves "As the Moon Sets"
4. Rah Rah "I'm a Killer"
3. Hannah Georgas "Somebody"
2. Wildlife "Born To Ruin"
1. Magneta Lane "Burn"
- CBC
Discography
The Constant Lover EP (2004) - Paperbag Records
Dancing with Daggers (2006) - Paperbag Records
Gambling with God (2009) - Lastgang Records
Witchrock EP (2013) -Splendor House / eOne Music Entertainment
Magneta Lane's new single 'Burn' debuted #10 on CBC Radio 1's Rock stream the week of May 23rd 2013. It reached #3 on June 7th 2013.
The song also debuted at #1 on CBC Radio 3's R3-30 Canadian Indie Countdown this year.
Magneta Lane has shared the stage with many acts including Silversun Pickups, Glasvegas, Death From Above 1979, Sloan, K-OS, Tokyo Police Club, Girl In A Coma and many more.
They are currently in the studio recording their follow up full length and about to release their 2nd single of their current EP.
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Witches, like Joan Jett, famously have a bad reputation.
It’s an ill-founded reputation, of course, and basically a lingering vestige of 700-year-old male terrors run amok in the face of women who dared behave in manners that transgressed a very narrow conception of womanhood. Those same male terrors, mercifully, tend not to end in water torture and stake burnings nowadays. Witches still get a rough ride, though, be they actual witches (who do exist and, for the record, tend to be far more accepting and open-minded folk than people who sit around all day fretting about witches) or simply women who get tagged as “witches” or some variant thereof because – you got it – they dare behave in manners that transgress a very narrow conception of womanhood.
The three young ladies of Magneta Lane are not, as far as we know, actual witches. They have, however, titled their spirited new EP Witchrock in tacit acknowledgement of what might be considered, at least in some fickle indie-rock and record-label circles, a bad reputation. They also have a habit of rocking out in a most unladylike fashion that, by times, brings to mind a host of other punkish female trailblazers from Patti Smith, Chrissie Hynde and Debbie Harry to Cub, Juliana Hatfield and Veruca Salt in addition to the aforementioned Joan Jett. And, like Jett, they don’t give a damn about their bad reputation.
Magneta Lane – formed in suburban Toronto by Valentine, her sister/drummer Nadia King and one-named bassist French in 2003 – was celebrated on delivery by numerous pundits on both sides of the Canada/U.S. divide as an uncannily pop-savvy trio of teenage ingénues when Paper Bag Records issued its debut EP, The Constant Lover, in 2004. Months and months of hard touring at home and in the States ensued, hardening the band into the notably less naïve outfit that was steered towards a more tantalizingly aggressive sound by producer Jesse Keeler (of Death From Above 1979/MSTRKRFT infamy) on its debut full-length, Dancing With Daggers, in 2006. Magneta Lane’s promise appeared endless. And then … pause. Too much, too young.
“We were really young when we started. The media thought we were 19, but we were really 17,” confesses Lexi, while sister Nadia sheepishly admits she was 15 years old when the band started playing clubs around Toronto. “In all honesty, we lied because if you’re not 19 almost no clubs here will let you play their stage.”
“Also, people wouldn’t take us seriously,” adds Nadia. “Imagine if they’d known we were 15 or 17.”
It was, after all, already – as Lexi puts it – “a thing” that Magneta Lane was a band composed of three young women. And while the band had collectively matured enough to seek legal extrication from its first two recording contracts (“We were really young, and at the time we were just excited to be signed so we really didn’t ask a lot of questions”) in search of a better deal for 2009’s Gambling With God LP, it still didn’t feel like it was being taken seriously. Whenever Lexi dared speak up and ask questions of her new handlers about the album’s release, “it was immediately like they were talking to me as if ‘Lexi just put her big-girl shoes on,’ and that really got me upset. And as soon as that happened, I was like: ‘You know what? We’re out of here.’
Cue a brief break from Magneta Lane for all involved. No thought was ever given to ending the band, but it was some time before Lexi felt compelled to return to songwriting again. And then “it was me in the basement on this really awful recording program by myself with a guitar and a bass, just trying to write songs that would make me feel better about what was going on.”
A new manager and a chance link-up at a party with Rick Jackett and James Black of Toronto modern-rock hitmakers Finger Eleven added further focus to Lexi’s renewed creative energies. Jackett and Black, she was surprised to learn, shared a great deal of Magneta Lane’s musical tastes and subsequently became fast friends – friends soon to be entrusted with the task of producing Magneta Lane’s next recording.
“Those guys are really, really cool,” says Lexi. “I know a lot of people will be, like: ‘What does Magneta Lane have to do with Finger Eleven. How is there a connect there?’ To answer that, they’re fans of exactly the same music that we love even though our bands are so different from one another. They are good people with an unbiased opinion, that don’t buy into that buzz band bullshit. Creative minds. It was refreshing.”
“They were very encouraging. They never said: ‘This is the way the song should sound. Let’s turn this into a brand-new song.’ They were always, like: ‘Lex, this is really good. Now you’ve gotta go back and try again and make it better.’ We needed that kind of encouragement and perspective to grow.”
The collaboration catalyzed the intriguing new phase of Magneta Lane’s career heralded by Witchrock. “Burn” plays up the tougher rhythmic intensity hinted at on Da
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