Majical CloudzBest Majical Cloudz Albums Ranked

Impersonator

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8.2

“Impersonator is Devon Welsh and Matthew Otto's second album as Majical Cloudz. Like their live shows, it is searingly, emotionally direct, extraordinarily sung, and hypnotically focused, made special by Welsh's sense of emotional urgency.”

Are You Alone?

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8.0

“The new Majical Cloudz album picks up where Impersonator left off: Stark, ethereal instrumentals buoyed by frontman Devon Welsh's unflinching voice. His counterpart, Matthew Otto, doesn't try and approximate backing musicians so much as create vapor trails where backing musicians might've stood. Their music is kind of an emotional strip show: Welsh knows it's a performance but he still ends up naked.”

Turns Turns Turns - EP

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7.6

“This Grimes-associated Montreal duo's confident, decluttered new EP finds them taking a sharp turn from their murky debut. But listen closely, and you'll hear the personal, internal, dreamy echoes of their past.”

Wait & See - EP

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7.5

“The Wait & See EP consists of songs that didn't fit onto Majical Cloudz's 2015 album Are You Alone?, but nothing has changed, strictly speaking: Singer Devon Welsh’s rich, burly tenor still feels as if it is emanating from the center of your skull, and he sings his lines as if he’s maybe reading them off the page for the first time.”