Chimpomatic

The Magic Numbers

in a world of skinny tie angular rock, it's a weird state of affairs when people singing nice songs with some cute harmonies seems like a "fresh new sound". but that's basically what seems to have happened with the magic numbers. mind you, it's catchy stuff, and you can imagine wanting to listen to this more in years to come than most of the other stuff that's around at the moment. personally i think it sounds a lot like martin stephenson and the daintees, but no-one remembers them, so hey! it is a fresh new sound. going to give it a 4 because it has on the whole lived up to most of the hype, with a proviso to maybe downgrade it in a year or so if we're not actually listening to it anymore...