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Magdalena Bay treat us to ‘Human Happens’ / ‘Paint Me A Picture’ double track drop
These new releases together act as “a spiritual successor” to their 2024 LP ‘Imaginal Disk’.
Having returned last month with their celestial double single ‘Second Sleep’ / ‘Star Eyes’, Magdalena Bay have now shared a second pair of brand new tracks.
Continuing in the same mystic vein, latest offerings ‘Human Happens’ and ‘Paint Me A Picture’ expand the duo’s ever-intriguing sonic world, the former a shimmering, metamorphic slice of progressive pop-rock, the latter a soundscape of spectral synths and cantering drums.
“Here’s another pair of songs that complement each other,” the band have said simply. “Different than the last, different than the next.”
Together, these four recent cuts act as a pseudo-follow-up to last year’s ‘Imaginal Disk’ - Magdalena Bay’s second album, and the record which saw them break through as one of 2024’s most acclaimed artists.
Watch this space for more details on the band’s incoming ‘Imaginal Disk’ album movie, and check out ‘Human Happens’ and ‘Paint Me A Picture’ for yourself below.
You can catch Magdalena Bay live in venues across North America this Autumn, before they head across the pond for a run of headline UK and European tour dates in the new year:
OCTOBER 2025
17-18 III Points Festival, Miami, FL
20 Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta, GA
21 The Ritz, Raleigh, NC
22 The NorVa, Norfolk, VA
24 MGM Music Hall at Fenway, Boston, MA
25 The Anthem, Washington, DC
26 The Filmore, Philadelphia, PA
FEBRUARY 2026
02 O2 Academy-Birmingham, UK
03 Depot, Cardiff, UK
05 Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland
07 O2 Academy, Glasgow, UK
08 O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK
10 O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK
11 Rock City, Nottingham, UK
13 De Roma, Antwerp, Belgium
14 TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands
15 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
17 Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
19 Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland
20 Carlswerk Victoria, Cologne, Germany
22 Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
24 Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
25 Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway
26 Fållan, Stockholm, Sweden
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