Dystophilia
Neuma, 2024
10/10
The always fascinating composer MC Maguire delivers a pair of in depth pieces here that surrounds the rapid breakdown of society and stacks melody on top of metal, jazz, pop and countless other ideas.
“Yummy World” opens the listen with bright textures, wordless vocals and swirling melodies that take nods to Justin Bieber’s “Yummy”, and flows via exciting and imaginative electronic nods for 23+ minutes.
The back half belongs to the highly eclectic “Another Lucid Dream”, where waves of orchestral and metallic ideas collide with profound attention to detail and mood that’s as fascinating as it is inventive.
Maguire’s vision might remind you of Phillip Glass or Canada’s R. Murray Schafer, and yet another post-modern hybrid, sampled and edited journey from the Canadian keeps us hanging on every second of this gripping body of work.
Travels well with: Hanna Hurwitz Colin Stokes Daniel Pesca- This Night Shall Break; Ewart Asplund Ricks Trio- Emphatic Now;