Photographer: Jason Merritt

The Magic Numbers hit the Vegoose stage early in the afternoon on Sunday. As one of the lesser known bands, the crowd wasn’t huge for this up and coming act. I think a lot of people were still working off a hang-over from the night before, because if you truly knew the Magic Numbers music, you would not have missed the show. Their self-titled album has generated a fair amount of buzz, and will definitely be in my top 30 albums released this year. Check out what the Boston Globe has to say:

When a band from the UK starts to generate buzz in this country, you don’t expect it to sound like the Magic Numbers. Recent British exports such as Bloc Party and the Futureheads possessed distinctly new-wave and post-punk sensibilities, styles you could attribute to British rock ‘n’ roll. Not so with the Magic Numbers, a London-based quartet that handily emulates any number of California sunshine-pop bands circa 1966. That’s good news for fans of Irish lads the Thrills or Sweden’s the Concretes, but that’s also where the similarities stop. On the Magic Numbers’ self-titled debut, its reverence for the ’60s is on full display, from a bounty of hand-claps and tambourines to catchy guitar solos and candied harmonies.

This brother and sister foundation proves to be a fun album, but a real solid rock show, at least from the 45 minutes I saw of them at Vegoose. Here is a quick review from Insound:

The sound of The Magic Numbers revolves around the brilliant songwriting and guitar playing talents of singer Romeo. Born and raised in Trinidad (where his mother had her own opera show on TV) the family moved to New York when he was teenager and later moved again to Ealing in London. There he met drummer Sean and started making music. Consequently, these days the two are to be found sitting in the sound-proofed front room of the family’s terraced house, without natural light or air, surrounded by instruments, prolifically penning as yet unheard classics.

You can buy The Magic Numbers self-titled album from Amazon.com