Smile and Wave
- david1170
- Jun 23
- 4 min read
Magic Of The Marketplace have released a second single from their new ‘Jealous Moon’ CD EP. This song, entitled, ‘Smile and Wave’ is based on what is normally understood as a polite and cheerful response to diffuse awkward social situations. There is however a darker irony at play here as the lyrics contain themes of shame and death and are based on a true story. The song is written in the ‘first person’ from the perspective of a now deceased serial killer, who himself dies during the track.
Check out the lyric video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=modvG2nrm44
‘Smile and Wave’ is the second song on the band’s debut four track EP ‘Jealous Moon’ which was released in February 2025 on Engineer and Just Say no to Government Music Records.
The video for ‘Smile and Wave’ is hopefully the first of many collaborations with their mate Alistair, who edited the footage put this together only last week ….. in their garage!
Magic of the Marketplace are already back in the studio working on new material for their follow up release ‘An Attic Full of Ravens’, which is scheduled to be released in August 2025.
This new release ‘An Attic Full of Ravens’, will be available on download and CD and accompanied with a new video for the song ‘Can it See – Inside our souls?’ which will be released a week prior.
Magic of the Marketplace have had plenty of reviews for the new ‘Jealous Moon’ CD, with this latest one from Fungal Punk Nature:
The main man behind this release is a veritable doofer who gets his arse in gear and does with focus and good intent. Having looked on the Bandcamp page I snaffled this info about the set up here - 'Featuring current and ex-members of Erase Today, Sonic Boom Six, Litterbug, Sick56 and One Way System. Always searching for great punk riffs and melodic energy'. This may help some and get them intrigued, personally it means fuck all and the music shall be judged on what it is. No sway, honesty all the way, DIY effort and with an approach to sum up what transpires and hopefully keep the band enthused and moving on to better things (if at all possible). So the Blackpool based blighters go under the Fungalised spotlight, and here are my valuable or useless thoughts.
'Jealous Moon' twinges, growls and sets a stage. A tommy-gun roll, the song is underway with great guts exposed and taut sinews put to the test. The lyrics are simple but have depth, the whole gist is of muscular tune striving to maintain good punching prowess, balance and of course, melody. This is no easy task, the band are coming in from a spectrum outside of the blatantly obvious which can be a hindrance in this rather divided, pernickety and quite insulated realm of rhythmic labelling. I find this a refreshing blast of ball-hoofing defiance with influences multifarious and animated. The fact that matters are not overly complex but contain some neat touches and turns all makes for a concrete opener not to be taken too lightly. This initial snippet is immediately slapped into place by the far more effective follow-up, namely 'Smile And Wave'. This one has a great wealth of emotive content and contrast that leaves the listener wondering what the actual aim of the lyrical spilling is. There is a cross-over of sensations, the whispers and the hollers combine to make a short and very effective cloudburst of ill-temper and disgruntlement with many fresh guitar outbursts adding that extra life sparkle - nice.
'Walls' begin with cultured tonality, pulses with care and progresses with a very post-punk (and beyond) ring-craft that eventually turns into a work-out laden with acoustic punches thrown from a variety of angles whilst not allowing the defences to fall and any gaps to appear. Watertight, tuneful and with the added extra of not being overly obvious and routine. The creative juices have been tossed around, these are not 5 minute wonders jacked off with haste and thrown forth for the Hell of it. Time and effort has been invested, your initial patience may be tested, do not let your insight be bested, this is a grower with a firm grip.
We close with the self-questioning sub-sing-a-long shiner known as 'False Relationships' - a strong move and groove muscle flexer with the most catchiest arrangement of the lot. Strength aplenty, a consistent clarity, a snagging strain and with a certain transparency that always aides the external levels of appreciation, this is a magnificent thoroughbred galloping over verdant pastures with a sublime control and focused direction. Yes, by far the best song, it brings more to the table and opens up further thoroughfares - nice.
A quartet of songs that gives one something to think about, examine, enjoy and, particularly in the last instance, sing along to. I think there may be something of an acquired taste needed for the more Cro-Magnon punker, then again, there is enough clubbing weight here to perhaps rattle their cages too.
Magic of the Marketplace also just had this interview published in Czech and English (scroll down) in a big European rock mag:
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