Like splashing into a cold pool on a hot and humid summer day, the Magic Kids' Memphis is a record that immediately refreshes and reinvigorates—calling upon the innocent and wide-eyed, pop-crazy child that lies secretly inside every jaded music fan. There's absolutely no holding back here by chief songwriters and production leaders Bennet Foster and Will McElroy—both formerly of the short-lived Barbaras—as songs like album-opener "Phone" and "Superball" race out of the tracks with unrestrained exuberance and joy. In many ways, the Magic Kids are throwbacks to the blissful and carefree scene of early 1960s pop music (think "That Thing You Do") that trade current musical personality traits like self-consciousness and self-pity for relentlessly sunny threads of nostalgia, hope and happiness. Even a potentially blue theme like crying is treated with orchestral pop flourishes, sending "Cry With My Baby" into a Zombies-meets-rockabilly affair of pristine vocal arrangements and clean cutting rhythm guitar work. If there's one record that can put an extra hop into your step in 2010, it's surely Memphis.Magic Kids - "Hey Boy" (from Memphis)
Magic Kids - "Summer" (from Memphis)
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