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Switched on Popis running Newcomers, a three-part series of interviews with breakout artists.
This week, Reanna Cruz interviewed Magdalena Bay.
Few groups are making as inventive, catchy pop music as Magdalena Bay.
Their sophomore album,Imaginal Disk(out today), is no exception.
you’re able to hear the full conversation on the latest episode ofSwitched on Pop.
My favorite song on the record is Cry for Me.
When were working on that song, I was obsessed with Dancing Queen by ABBA.
I dont know if I was successful.
But thats basically where the the second section originated from.
Obviously, Cry for Me is so much more moody and dramatic than Dancing Queen is.
But I think, hopefully, theres a little bit that makes its way into it.
I think there is this big melodrama happening in the song, which is why we love it.
This is a very specific compliment, but I wanted to talk about pianos on Cry for Me too.
How did you choose what instruments you put forward in such an eclectic mix?M.L.
:This record is a lot more piano forward than some of the other stuff weve been writing.
Its probably because of the music we were listening to Genesis and Tony Bankss keyboards.
We were taking inspiration from that.
We also have access to an acoustic piano now, which we didnt have previously.
I think just being able to write on an upright piano is a big game changer.
Just having one that sounds nice is awesome.
Theyre really out front, especially on a song like Fear Sex.M.T.
:Yeah, its more organic sounding.
I wonder if its because we were listening to more music with live drums.
But also it might be from interpreting our live drums into those electronic drum parts.
