Hare and Hounds

Magic Kids are the Memphis Beach Boys. Their mission is to capture, in total detail, from the instrumentation to the harmonies, California’s finest in their early glory days, before Brian Wilson had his head turned by the madcap adventurism and perplexing wordplay of Van Dyke Parks.

There are five of them. They’re from Memphis. Their debut album is called “Memphis” and will be released on 24th August 2010. According to The Guardian, “their songs are so Beach Boys 1963-4 they should only be heard in a Deuce Coupe.”