Magdalena Bay "Mercurial World" LP (Orchid Color Vinyl)

Entirely written, produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by the duo, Mercurial World proposes an abstract theory of time and explores the staggering "what ifs" that make up the human experience. Approaching reality as a construct allows Magdalena Bay to enact their own, one that is committed to nothing but expanding the possible. Even the album's sequencing hints at the eternal: the first track is titled "The End," the last is "The Beginning," forming a perfect loop when you listen to it straight through. "Matt, Matt, wake up!" Tenenbaum whispers on the introductory track. "I was thinking about how there's no true end to anything/ Everything comes from and goes to the same place: NOWHERE."

"The pop music of Magdelena Bay feels transported from an alternate timeline’s version of the internet, where algorithms and playlists and stifling pursuits of clout don’t exist, and blog music has continued to evolve. Riding on the video game theme of its title, “You Lose!” explodes with a prism of chiptune and radio-friendly punk guitars while wispy, Grimes-adjacent vocals cast a spell as strong as a vice." - The FADER