‘Welcome to Magdalena Bay’s magical mystery tour!” exclaims Mica Tenenbaum, one half of the LA electro-indie-pop duo, as she stands before a screen filled with a psychedelic mix of symbols. There’s a spinning sun reminiscent of a CD (an object the young crowd may only be dimly familiar with), a pair of chrome hands, and a silver orb resembling Harry Potter’s golden snitch. It’s strange and wonderfully surreal, with Tenenbaum bouncing around like a children’s TV host, promising to draw the audience into a fantastical narrative that, unfortunately, never fully materialises.
The duo have had a big breakthrough year after successful second album Imaginal Disk, and this show has been upgraded to a bigger venue. Imaginal Disk is a concept album that follows an alien named True (played by Tenenbaum in their music videos) who rejects said disk implanted in her and embarks on a journey to understand what it means to be human.
