Over the course of the past handful of years, I’ve spilled copious amounts of virtual ink covering the remarkably prolific, Israeli-born, Costa Rican-based singer/songwriter, musician and JOVM mainstay MAGON.
The JOVM mainstay’s recently released eighth album The Writing’s On The Wall was a bit of a return to form — but while continuing to push his sound in new directions: According to the JOVM mainstay, the material is a fusion of hallucinogenic re-imaginings of 70s soft rock, oddball outsider jams and laid-back indie fare.
Wedding Song, the JOVM mainstays’ ninth full-length album was released a few weeks ago. The album’s latest single, “Portobello’s On The Run” continues a run of mediative and folksy psych pop anchored around an ethereal and old-timey mellotron flute line, strummed acoustic guitar and a tight drum pattern paired with the Israeli-born, Costa Rican-born artist’s plaintive delivery singing some whimsical yet introspective lyrics. The result is a Nick Drake-like take on the sound that has won him attention.
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