Super Magick
2024 studio album by Better Than Ezra
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Super Magick is the ninth studio album from the New Orleans–based rock group Better Than Ezra, released on May 3, 2024. It is the band's first album in 10 years.[1][2]
| Super Magick | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 3, 2024 | |||
| Studio | Pink Deer | |||
| Length | 41:14 | |||
| Label | Round Hill | |||
| Producer |
| |||
| Better Than Ezra chronology | ||||
| ||||
The alternative rock album is produced by frontman Kevin Griffin and Emery Dobyns and was recorded at Pink Deer Studios.[3]
Release
On March 8, 2024, it was announced that the album would be released on May 3, 2024.[4] The album cover was also revealed, which contains Theban writing of track names: "Mystify", "Contact (High)", "Fuzzy", "Grateful", "Live (A Little)", "Omens", "and Super Magick".[1]
"This Time" was written by Griffin in 2009, though it was originally released on the self-titled debut album of an Italian operatic pop trio, Il Volo.[5]
In between All Together Now and Super Magick, the group produced several live albums and a few singles. Griffin also released a solo album.[6]
Singles
In 2018, "Grateful" was released as a single, six years before the album.[7]
"Contact High" and "Mystified" were both released prior to the album's announcement. "Live a Little" was later released as a single ahead of the album.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mystified" |
|
| 3:57 |
| 2. | "Live a Little" |
|
| 2:35 |
| 3. | "Show Em Up" |
|
| 3:13 |
| 4. | "Super Magick" |
|
| 3:56 |
| 5. | "This Time" |
| Marc Scibilia | 3:01 |
| 6. | "Contact High" |
|
| 3:49 |
| 7. | "Grateful" |
|
| 3:12 |
| 8. | "Sensation" |
|
| 4:12 |
| 9. | "Bad Communication" |
| Gabe Simon | 3:24 |
| 10. | "Fuzzy" |
|
| 2:58 |
| 11. | "Omens" |
|
| 3:21 |
| 12. | "Killing It" |
|
| 3:36 |
| Total length: | 41:14 | |||
Personnel
Better Than Ezra
- Tom Drummond – bass
- Kevin Griffin – lead vocals (all tracks), acoustic and electric guitars, background vocals (tracks 2–4, 9–12)
- James Arthur Payne Jr. – keyboards, synthesizer, piano and electric guitar
- Michael Jerome – drums
Additional contributors
- Pete Lyman – mastering
- Chris Dugan – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 5–10, 12)
- Ryan Hewitt – mixing (tracks 3, 4, 11)
- Drew Bollman – engineering (tracks 1–8, 10–12)
- Gabe Simon – engineering (track 9)
- Kristen Rogers – background vocals (tracks 1, 3, 8)
- Emery Dobyns – background vocals (tracks 4, 8, 12)
- Henry Brill – background vocals (track 4)
