Music the Magic Numbers, Corn Exchange, Edinburgh the Magic Numbers, Corn Exchange, Edinburgh 3/5

The Herald › February 22, 2006

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IF the family that plays together stays together, The Magic Numbers look set to be around forever. With The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers fashion sense and the manners of The Waltons, these two sets of brothers and sisters are the musical missing link between Fleetwood Mac, Grandaddy's skewed but crisp country rock and our own Aberfeldy's prettified boy-girl harmonies. Coming straight out of Ealing, such magpie diversity is in itself a remarkable feat.

Having built a well-behaved, middle-brow fanbase on the back of support slots to Brian Wilson and an eponymous debut album of such mild-mannered shiny happiness that the urge to pull up a rug and cuddle in close becomes irresistible, The Magic Numbers live experience retains an equally down home warmth.

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Music the Magic Numbers, Corn Exchange, Edinburgh the Magic Numbers, Corn Exchange, Edinburgh 3/5

With a self-effacing backdrop highlighting thei...

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