Today, LA-based alt-folk trio, Magic Giant, premiered their debut album, In the Wind via PopMatters – PRESS HERE to listen. In the Wind will be available for sale this Friday, May 19 via Washington Square/Razor & Tie. The album was co-produced with Ben Allen (Walk the Moon, MIA, Gnarls Barkley, Animal Collective). The band will be performing their single “Set on Fire” on TODAY on NBC this Wednesday, May 17. They will also be revealing the video for “Great Divide” via the TODAY website on Wednesday – stay tuned.
Magic Giant will be launching a onetreeplanted.org campaign on May 17- the band will plant a tree for every presale album purchased from May 17 – 19, and after the album comes out, they will plant one tree for every physical CD sold on tour. On the campaign, Magic Giant said, “We do our best as a band to be eco-conscious. This is just one way in which we can give back to our planet.”
Magic Giant has just kicked off their In the Wind tour, with shows in San Francisco, New York City, Washington DC and more. They will also be playing at various music festivals including Sun Drenched Music Festival, LaureLive Festival, Firefly Music Festival, RiSE Festival, and more. Arroyo Seco Festival and Ribfest have just been added to Magic Giant’s In the Wind tour dates.
To date, “Set on Fire,” has amassed over 4 million streams in less than one year, and reached #4 on Spotify’s US Viral 50. PRESS HERE to watch the official music video to “Set on Fire” and PRESS HERE to watch the acoustic video. Magic Giant is ALT987’s Los Angeles Artist in Residence for the month of May, 2017 are now no. 38 on Alternative Radio chart as of May 3, 2017. To pre-order In the Wind – PRESS HERE, and PRESS HERE to pre-order the CD and merchandise bundle from Magic Giant’s website.
