White Magic's debut album, and first recording as the duo of Mira Billotte and Doug Shaw, stretches beyond the haunting indie folk of the Through the Sun Door EP to an eclectic, sometimes scattered, array of sounds. Dat Rosa Mel Apibus -- Latin for "the rose gives the bees honey," a metaphor for hard work and its rewards that dates back to the 16th century -- is an apt title for this collection of songs; it feels like Billotte and Shaw dug deep to expand the band's boundaries. When the album's ambitious mo...   [ read more ]

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Billotte's baroque yowl is a graceful, hypnotic instrument in its own right, the only extravagant element of White Magic. Her high-register delivery is ethereal but gutsy, floating through the rest of the music like a tethered balloon lifting her songs from the firmament. It's a haunting vocal technique, totally unique, another means of carrying the music into Billotte's imagined worlds. "Certain notes invoke a higher place and I instinctually follow those notes," she says. "I feel like voice is the purest...   [ read more ]

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THIS ITEM IS A PRE-ORDER. WE EXPECT IT TO SHIP ON OR BEFORE THE AUGUST 18TH RELEASE DATE. The June hail from Parma, Italy. Chris (guitar, vocals), White (bass, vocals) and G (drums) had common musical interests in psychedelia, pop and garage-rock from the sixties, punk, beat and mod cultures. This energetic Italian trio carved an original repertoire influenced by the Beatles, Byrds, Stooges, Sex Pistols, Jam, Oasis and Kula Shaker. Their first single was a Pete Ham cover, "Makes Me Feel Good." This i...   [ read more ]

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