Here We Go Magic

by Jason Thurston
Here We Go Magic's creative center, singer/songwriter Luke Temple, first made his name as a muralist, and the Brooklyn band's music fully fits that pedigree. HWGM's ethereal collage of indie folk, Baroque pop, plains country (and whatever else strikes their fancy) lolls back with dizzyingly hypnotic vocals, generating the feel of a vast, splashed-on panorama. Originally from Boston, Temple bounced nomadically about the country before settling in New York City by the mid-'00s. While the act is cagey about its origin, Here We Go Magic had expanded to a quintet by the 2009 release of its self-titled debut on Western Vinyl.