SHEER MAG
Playing Favorites (Third Man)
The first quarter of 2024 has been a festering toilet of suffering sitting on the cesspool of misery we call Earth. It feels like we have been steeped in a never-ending grey malaise, but Philadelphia’s Sheer Mag are here with album Playing Favorites to help us forget all about that for a while. There is something completely joyous and life affirming in their ability to conjure up a nostalgia for a time I’ve never lived in, where the sun is always shining, and every life experience is to be celebrated and provides inspiration for these set of powerpop anthems straight from 1970s classic rock radio.
Every song on Playing Favourites is huge, with massive hooks and virtuosic musicianship, that provide snapshots of rites of passage like meeting someone special, wanting to spend every moment with them, and eventually losing them. Listen to Playing Favorites if you want to spend time wrapped up in a cozy musical blanket.
words GARETH MOULE
