Indie rock darling M.A.G.S. has unveiled his latest single, “Sequence 07,” which will appear on his forthcoming full-length album CREATOR. The 9-track album is scheduled to arrive later this month on August 23 via Smartpunk Records and can be pre-saved here.
Elliott Douglas, the mastermind behind M.A.G.S., shares, “This was the very last song we recorded during our time together, and we had limited time because Ehmed [Nauman] was scheduled to leave town that evening. We woke up early and just dove in head first. My nugget of inspiration was to recreate the feeling I get from the verses of ‘Kiss Me’ by Sixpence None The Richer. I’ve loved that song since I was a kid, and honestly, I chase that feeling with so much of my music.”
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He continues, “There are a few songs that give me feelings I continuously reference. I think it’s one of the reasons people call my music nostalgic all the time. I just love songs that sound happy and sad at the same time, like maybe the lyrics are kinda sad but the music slaps. That’s definitely my thing. We had this one mostly done in about 3 hours. I think we really just wanted to make sure everything got done and pushed really hard right from the start of the day, also by this time the 3 of us were a well-oiled machine, and getting a vibe to build from only took a few minutes.”
Directed by M.A.G.S. and shot and edited by Jordan T. Price, the accompanying video for “Sequence 07 (Where’s Floyd?)” captures the breezy nature of the soulful track. Check out the official video below.
