![]() Magic Sword perform on Thursday, April 28, at the hi-dive. Legend will have an accompanying comic book, which is due out in the middle of May it’s the first in a series of EPs with comic-book counterparts.Īnd while that series could be seen as a gimmick all its own, Magic Sword’s exploration of visual performance elements, as well as other art forms and narrative, elevate the band members to something like heroes in their own right. Next Thursday’s show at the hi-dive takes place the day before Magic Sword’s new Size Records EP, Legend, is officially unleashed upon the world. I was really into all kinds of music, and loved how they mixed up punk with a kind of hip-hop delivery of the lyrics. I listened to that tape every day for almost a year. “I guess they used to come through town a lot. “Back in high school, a friend gave me a DIY cassette of the Warlock Pinchers,” he says. For his part, The Keeper was already a fan of a legendary Denver band of yesteryear. The band befriended such local acts as Bollywood Life, Crystal Ghost, Frugal Father, Brother Tiger and Rumtum, so connections with the Mile High City’s music scene have been in place for a while. The group’s earliest gigs outside of its home town of Boise included an appearance at the Underground Music Showcase in 2015. Magic Sword’s upcoming show in Denver will add one more notch in its ongoing relationship with this city. ![]() “We want the live show to develop in the future into more of a performance-art piece rather than just a concert.” “The way we perform has been influencing some of the new music,” notes The Keeper. ![]() We like to bounce ideas back and forth off each other as we’re creating, so they kind of influence each other.”Īs geek culture moves into the mainstream, Magic Sword could be one of the first acts to garner crossover appeal without the gimmick overshadowing the art. “The goal from the beginning was that the music would be the soundtrack to the comic book. “We read all kinds of comics when we were kids, but the darker comics had more influence,” says The Keeper. He’s referring to the comic book created by artist Shay Plummer following the recent reissue of the band’s 2013 debut, Magic Sword, Vol. His great paladins, the only protectors of the realm, have all disappeared on a quest to cure their king, leaving the kingdom of Tirawyn exposed to looming threats. King Owynn, a kind, and generous ruler has been afflicted with a dark curse and as such has hidden away. It’s easier to get into the story when the characters from the comic are on stage rather than just a couple dudes.” Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff is a cute, casual open-world RPG set in a world of classic fantasy monsters and mythos. I also think it helps the audience get into the story more. “I find myself taking on the character more as time goes by. “It’s kind of liberating,” says synth player The Keeper about performing incognito. The unabashed bombast of intricate guitar solos and dense synth melodies allows the music to transcend the band’s gimmick: performing in disguise, in the fashion of the Residents and Slow Magic. ![]() The next week we saw CAPTAIN SINBAD which almost looks like the out takes of THE MAGIC SWORD.When Magic Sword debuted at Treefort Music Fest in 2013, no one but the band’s members could have known what the audience was in for: two space knights playing the kind of high-fidelity synth rock that embodies everything glorious about 1980s epic science-fiction movies. Can you believe I saw this on a double feature with SINK THE BISMARK! Such were kids matinées in Australia in 1962. Enjoyable? Thoroughly in its mangy matinée way. She is like Edward Everett Horton in a dress. Besides, MAGIC SWORD has the unforgettable Estelle Winwood. Kubrick would have seen this, you know, I am sure he saw everything Gary Lockwood made before casting him in 2001. THE MAGIC SWORD even has a pre 2001 Gary Lockwood boy I bet he's glad Kubrick saw something in him after this. Does anyone remember those equally hilarious and ghastly 'storybook productions' like Mother Goose or Jack and the Beanstalk? Terrible but lovably hopeless and thoroughly entertaining. Kids love this film even today it has the sort of 'crummy but fascinating' manginess cheap color fantasies have. Yes it is low budget but it knows it, and Basil and Estelle seemed to be having a very sly old time brewing potent hammy acting to fling at each other and the hopeful cast. Any adult can tell it is not meant to be taken as some sort of 'magnificent spectacle'. Why a re people so unkind to this very funny fantasy.
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