Majical Cloudz - Silver Car Crash

Taking to his Tumblr, Majical Cloudz’s Devon Welsh cites an Andy Warhol painting as a part-inspiration for new song ‘Silver Car Crash’. Warhol’s ‘Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)’ is a “spiritual” piece, he says, which seems to be “preoccupied with another world.” That’s a smart summary for Welsh himself, someone who could easily be cast down from another planet, the way he delivers on stage and ponders the big questions - but everything is iron cast from the human heart with Majical Cloudz.

On this first take from new album ‘Are You Alone?’, his astute declarations get boiled down to a more simple form than ever. Backed by an orchestral sample that’s part Space Odyssey, part operatic, Welsh sings: “But I am always perfect, when I am holding on to you.” He’s bringing a basic but poignant perspective to love, one that could fit newly-wedded humans or curious alien forms.