ARTIST: AM Magic
TITLE: Floats
LABEL: Self-released
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 35:28 min
SIZE:  52,1 MB
RIP DATE: Jul-14-2005
RELEASE DATE: Jul-14-2005
WEBSITE: n/a

Track List:

01. The Divide                                 04:03
02. Objective                                  03:23
03. Rowayton                                   03:01
04. Same Way                                   02:29
05. Millions Of Stars                          03:49
06. Pills And The Wine                         03:28
07. Distant Boat                               01:53
08. Fairweather Friend                         02:06
09. Affected                                   03:56
10. More Than A Few                            03:23
11. Dreamstate                                 03:57

Release Notes:

San Francisco's AM Magic is known for its charmingly
off-center brand of melodic indie rock. One might
not expect such heartfelt, accomplished music from a
band whose members include a pro-skater and a guy
named the Bassturd--AM Magic will surprise you.

With eight years behind San Francisco's AM Magic,
the band has generated an imaginative and sturdy
style of melodic indie rock--a sound that now bears
the hazy brightness of hard-fought confidence.
Songwriting is split between Karma Tsocheff and Mike
Alexis, with images of distant boats, red-eye
flights, Barcelona, and uncertainty cropping up
within their shimmery guitars and Doug Saenz's muted
trumpets and jazz-inflected beats.

Years ago AM Magic began a slow education. In the
winter of '96, Karma and Doug would drive from San
Francisco to Santa Cruz so they could play guitar
and drums at the Consolidated Skateboards warehouse.
A short while later Karma and Mike ended up
roommates in a dank basement apartment. Both had
guitars but could hardly play. Undaunted and
inspired by the irreverent, lo-fi majesty of bands
like the Silver Jews and the Grifters, they decided
to start a band. After an erratic and brief first
try with friend Ethan Fowler as Six Degree Theory,
Karma and Mike inevitably asked Doug to join them.
They re-named the band AM Magic and were shortly
joined by friend and fellow skateboarder Nik Freitas
on bass and rhodes. 4-tracking and trips up and down
the coast kept them busy. After a few years, Nik
left to pursue music on his own and has since
recorded two exceptional albums on Future Farmer
Records.

Karma travels the world as professional skateboarder
and Doug (an ex-pro skater himself) is usually right
there with him. Mike, in the meantime, plays bass in
the modestly powerful indie rock band the
Decoration.

2005 finds AM Magic in a whirlwind of activity and
with an accomplished debut record, Floats, to fuel
the proceedings. The very talented Doug Poore joined
the AM Magic fold recently as the band's permanent
bass player and old friend the Bassturd joins the
band live on keyboards and generously played on the
band's new record.