FEELING FIGURES - MIGRATION MAGIC

published on 2024-5-20 by Corn
tags: Reviews FEELING FIGURES

It was a cold November Saturday at the Van Horne underpass, people wandering back and forth across the train tracks as the sun was going down. Not a super attended show, the last one of the year and it felt like it. I know I'd seen them before in some loft, but in this context, scrappy and bittersweet, I felt like they were my favourite band in the city.

FEELING FIGURES' newest record is a perfect meal for those of us who grew up with SHOP ASSISTANTS and TIGER TRAP on rotation with the more hardcore fare. The more punchy and hook-filled tracks like "Dream Death" and "Movement" (both with charming music videos, always nice to see) are bridged with gentle and melancholy songs like "I Should Tell You" and "Seek and Hide" (my personal favourite). But most importantly for twee pop, the drummer isn't afraid to play FAST when the song calls for it! When there's no fast songs this stuff is usually boring!

This album comes out on K Records, which is extremely cool to people like me who once tried to wear corduroy pants in the middle of summer, but I want to specifically shout out bassist Joe Chamandy's record label Celluloid Lunch, definitely not the last time I write about stuff he's got cooking.

Available from K Records
Listen here: https://feelingfigures.bandcamp.com/album/migration-magic
Celluloid Lunch: https://www.celluloidlunch.com/