Imaginal Disk, the second album from Magdalena Bay, is out on 23rd August via Mom+Pop Music—pre-save/pre-order it HERE. They’ve also revealed the vibrant future pop of their new song, ‘Image,’ alongside a video directed by Amanda Kramer—listen HERE and watch below.
Following the ‘Death & Romance‘ video, which found True—played by the band’s Mica Tenenbaum—getting an ‘imaginal disk; upgrade inserted into her forehead, the ‘Image’ video goes back in time to the waiting room where True stood by for her first fitting. Although disk infomercials playing on the televisions initially get True excited, she’s thrown for a loop when the upgraded consciousness she signed up for is different than what she expected
The band says: “Close your eyes. Imagine a brand new, better you. Now wait 22 minutes. Now open your eyes. Meet your brand new image! Isn’t it amazing that the meat in our heads can do this?”.
Additionally, the band will hit the road for The Imaginal Mystery Tour this Autumn, an extensive run of headline shows across the UK, Europe and North America. Due to demand, the band recently upgraded venues in London and Paris, and added new shows in Manchester, Chicago and LA. Tickets are available HERE.
Aside from last year’s EP, mini mix vol. 3, Imaginal Disk marks Magdalena’s Bay first full-length project since the release of their critically acclaimed debut album, Mercurial World, in 2021. Vulture praised the album as “one of 2021’s best pop statements,” while Pitchfork celebrated the duo’s “magic power” of sounding “like whatever you grew up with, whenever that was,” and PopMatters commended the album for “providing a blueprint for a new generation of electronic pop.”
Magdalena Bay is the Los Angeles by way of Miami duo consisting of Mica Tenenbaum (vocals, producer, songwriter) and Matthew Lewin (producer, songwriter). The two first met at an after-school music program in Miami where they grew up, bonding over shared musical influences and eventually starting a prog rock band Tabula Rasa. That band broke up, but when Tenenbaum and Lewin crossed paths again in college, they reconnected with the goal of making something closer to pop music that blends retro and futuristic elements under the moniker Magdalena Bay. They released a series of EPs leading up to their critically acclaimed debut album Mercurial World in 2021 and went on to sell out their first headlining tour, play numerous festivals around the world— including Coachella in 2023, tour with Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek, Flume and collaborate with Lil Yachty, JIHYO, Blu DeTiger and more.
MAGDALENA BAY – IMAGINAL DISK TRACK LIST
1. She Looked Like Me!
2. Killing Time
3. True Blue Interlude
4. Image
5. Death & Romance
6. Fear, Sex
7. Vampire in the Corner
8. Watching T.V.
9. Tunnel Vision
10. Love Is Everywhere
11. Feeling DiskInserted?
12. That’s My Floor
13. Cry for Me
14. Angel on a Satellite
15. The Ballad of Matt & Mica
EU/UK
November
7th – Iceland Airwaves Festival, Reykjavik
9th – Frannz Club, Berlin, DE
11th – Melkweg OZ, Amsterdam, NL
12th – La Machine du Moulin Rouge, Paris, FR
13th – HERE at Outernet, London, UK
15th – YES Pink Room, Manchester, UK (early show)
15th – YES Pink Room, Manchester, UK
16th – Button Factory, Dublin, IE
