The Magic Gang

A harmony-rich band, The Magic Gang have a flair for narrative as well as blending the sounds of pop and alt rock.

Jack Kaye, Angus Taylor, Kristian Smith and Paeris Giles – who were previously members of the groups Home School, Yrrs and Echochamp – got together in 2013. Although they're all from the New Forest area, The Magic Gang formed in Brighton.

Drawing inspiration from the rich harmonies of The Beach Boys and The Beatles and the fuzzy, melodic indie of Weezer and Teenage Fanclub, they released the songs No Fun and Alright in 2015, following them up with more singles and three EPs (humorously titled EP, The Second EP From and Third EP) over the next two years. The quartet also landed a couple of big support gigs in 2017 with bands like Wolf Alice and Sundara Karma.

After The Magic Gang dropped their self-titled full-length album, it was hailed by several music publications as one of the best debuts of 2018. Thanks to life-affirming anthems like Getting Along and All That I Want Is You, the record landed in the top 20 on the UK official albums chart.