Electric Owls - Magic Show

About a year ago Andy Herod decided to stop making music. His thought at the time was that the fact he was playing with a band was responsible for the burnout he was feeling.

"...being in a band WILL ruin your life if you do it long enough," he quips looking back, "No one tells you that."

But naturally, like anyone with music flowing through their veins, Herod's planned hiatus was short-lived. Prompted by a move to North Carolina where he was able spend time with friends and family he was able to rediscover the simple beauty of music and the joy that it could create.

"I certainly had no plans to make a record," but fortunately that's just what he did over a month long period following his move.

"Magic Show," the first single available from Herod's Electric Owls project wonderfully conveys the sense of a person caught in the delicate balance of giving up on music and one just learning to really appreciate it. This struggle manifests itself in the equilibrium of "Magic Show's" simplistic beauty juxtaposed against the track's epic tonal structure. It is further materialized in the uplifting quality of the vocals contrasting against the scary nature of the backup vocals towards the end.

Electric Owls' "Ain't Too Bright" is expected to be released in early 2010. And now that the album is in the can Andy Herod can begin the slow road to his life's ruin anew --hopefully with similar results.

MP3: Electric Owls - Magic Show

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