Here We Go Magic

Here We Go Magic
Performing live at the 2012 Bonnaroo Music Festival
Background information
Origin	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genres	Indie rock
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Secretly Canadian, Western Vinyl
Website	http://herewegomagicband.tumblr.com/
Members	Luke Temple Michael Bloch Peter Hale
Past members	Kristina Lieberson Jen Turner

Here We Go Magic is an American indie rock band based in New York, New York. The group was originally formed by core members Luke Temple, Michael Bloch and Peter Hale, in late 2008. The project signed to Western Vinyl in 2008, followed by the five-piece group's signing to Secretly Canadian in 2009.

After previously releasing two folk albums under his own name in the mid-2000s, Luke Temple released the self-titled album Here We Go Magic in February 2009 on Western Vinyl, described by Pitchfork Media as "hazy electronic textures, endlessly-spiraling lyrical loops, occasional forays into extended sections of ambience and noise". Temple recorded the album at home on a 4-track recorder, describing the recording: "I just had one tom, one microphone, a synth and an acoustic guitar. I didn't have a full drum kit or normal bass, it was just all synth stuff that I did myself." The album does feature a live band on one of its nine tracks, the song "Everything's Big", which features Here We Go Magic guitarist Michael Bloch along with musicians Tyler Wood (keyboards), Parker Kindred (drums) and Adam Chilenski (bass).

After several tours incorporating members Kristina Lieberson (keyboards) and Jen Turner (bass), the band signed as a five-piece to Secretly Canadian in September 2009. They had toured in 2009 with Grizzly Bear and The Walkmen. The second album Pigeons was released on 8 June 2010. The band wrote and recorded the album over a period of several months living together in a secluded house in upstate New York. Pigeons was produced by bassist Jen Turner and engineered by Victor Magro. The first single off Pigeons, "Collector", was rated "Best New Music" by Pitchfork Media on March 18, 2010. The band performed at the SXSW festival in 2009 and again in March 2010, and completed tours of North America with White Rabbits and of Europe with The New Pornographers. In summer 2010 the band played at multiple major festivals including Primavera Sound, Bonnaroo, Pitchfork, The Great Escape, Latitude, Bestival, and Glastonbury, where Thom Yorke said they were his favorite act of the festival. They ended the year 2010 touring with the Canadian band Broken Social Scene.