The sec­ond, long-await­ed album by dark­wave syn­th­pop supre­mos Mag­net­ic Skies called Frag­ments will be out on 7th Novem­ber. Till then we’ve been lis­ten­ing to sin­gles from the upcom­ing release and the final drop, Every­thing’s Alright is out today.

Front man Simon Kent has this to say about the sin­gle: “This is the most hope­ful, pos­i­tive track on the album, con­vey­ing a feel­ing of being present, of love, and reclaim­ing joy… where life feels whole again.”

Have a look at their video…

Nev­er ones to do any­thing by halves, Everything’s Alright is true to form for Mag­net­ic Skies. It’s a dra­mat­ic, euphor­ic pow­er­house of a track with a puls­ing bass and those soar­ing vocals from Simon and key­board play­er Jo Womar. The band are adept at bal­anc­ing a steely, almost glacial qual­i­ty in their pro­duc­tions with anthemic, emo­tion­al vocals – it’s a dual­i­ty that works well for them and ramps up the ten­sion and atmosphere. 

Talk­ing about the upcom­ing album, Simon has this to say: ‘“Frag­ments” reflects a frac­tured, fast-mov­ing world where iden­ti­ty, inti­ma­cy, and mean­ing are increas­ing­ly elu­sive; life, mem­o­ry, rela­tion­ships, and real­i­ty are bro­ken into pieces, and each track is try­ing to gath­er those pieces into some­thing coher­ent and mean­ing­ful. There’s a yearn­ing for recon­nec­tion, with moments of clar­i­ty, love, and tran­scen­dence to offer sal­va­tion.’

Catch them at their live dates in November

Tour dates
Wednes­day 5 Novem­ber – The Vic­to­ria, Birm­ing­ham – tick­ets here
Thurs­day 6 Novem­ber – The Grace, Lon­don – tick­ets here
Wednes­day 12 Novem­ber – Heart­break­ers, Southamp­ton – tick­ets here
Wednes­day 19 Novem­ber – The Hug & Pint, Glas­gow – tick­ets here

Frag­ments by Mag­net­ic Skies out 7th Novem­ber
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