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Commercially overloaded freak-out pop rock is what Automagik offer up on their debut self titled album. The all night party vibe that props up tunes like “Hide and Seek” and “Brain Freeze”, make the chaos head bobbing-jump around fun. Nonsensical lyrics, I won’t even go into “Boogieman”, and all-out good times remind of Cage The Elephant, The Darkness and Weezer. The tracks won’t stick with you for long, but will probably fuel Four Loco like madness while they do.
The slick sounding keyboards, guitars and hyperactive drums swirl over some well placed vocal soaring; drug fueled lyrical outputs seem to be the norm but in wondrous as opposed to depressing ways. While this may be the sound of trying to score an I-pod ad, this talented group from Cincinnati certainly has the stuff (“Teleportation Blues” and “Starchild”) to get the called up to the big leagues.