“You’re devastated, but you also feel guilty for focusing on petty things – because people are dying.” “We were pretty excited, so when it got canceled, it was a mixture of emotions,” the Keeper said. As we all know, March 2020 was not a great time for the entertainment industry – or anyone else, for that matter. I honestly thought I had come up with a unique idea, but I didn’t – which is great because there’re so many great musicians out there.”ĭance With the Dead and Magic Sword announced their 2020 co-headliner tour in late 2019, and such was their confidence going into it that Magic Sword chose to release their new album “Endless” on the first day of the tour – March 27, 2020. “But I talked to him – Lazerhawk is an awesome dude. “Then I got on SoundCloud and realized there’s this guy named Lazerhawk who’s already been doing it for five years!” he said.
“Mixing cinematic synth music from my childhood with dance music, I arrogantly thought I had come up with a new genre,” said the Keeper, the frontman and lead songwriter for Magic Sword, a Boise-based band. Putting their own spin on the “wall of synthesizers” sound popularized by 1980s film scores – and in more recent history, “Stranger Things” – these bands manage to be retro and fresh at the same time. While the nature of their sound and stage presence makes both bands somewhat niche, they have celebrated notable victories – Dance With the Dead’s latest album, “Driven to Madness,” broke into iTunes’ top three electronic albums upon release, and Magic Sword’s songs have been featured in the video game Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number and the official trailer for the hit film “Thor: Ragnarok.” In a scene dominated primarily by laptop DJs, watching these trios jam onstage with actual instruments is a breath of fresh air.
Since 2013, both Magic Sword and Dance With the Dead have made a name for themselves by combining epic, danceable and multi-layered synthesizer soundscapes with a punchy rock edge. Synthwave heavy-hitters Magic Sword and Dance With the Dead are wrapping up their co-headliner North American tour in Washington state, playing Lucky You Lounge on Saturday night before finishing up in Seattle on Sunday.
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