Gross Magic

The story

Brighton, UK's Sam McGarrigle was just 19 years old when he began recording lo-fi fuzz pop songs as Gross Magic in late 2010. From the strength of early online demos, much attention was flung at Gross Magic, critically praised by some as the brightest possible continuation of the lo-fi revivalism and '90s indie nostalgia championed by bands like Wavves and Yuck just years earlier. The early phase of Gross Magic's songwriting fell into a decidedly bedroom pop zone

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Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews.

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Records

Records from MusicBrainz. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with Gross Magic in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with Gross Magic in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like Gross Magic

• The Whosame scene: garage rock, GB
• Arctic Monkeyssame scene: garage rock, GB
• Yessame scene: garage rock, GB
• The Kinkssame scene: garage rock, GB
• Themsame scene: garage rock, GB
• The Yardbirdssame scene: garage rock, GB
• The Fratellissame scene: garage rock, GB
• The Horrorssame scene: garage rock, GB
• The Killssame scene: garage rock, GB
• The Pretty Thingssame scene: garage rock, GB
• The Libertinessame scene: garage rock, GB
• The Lovely Eggssame scene: garage rock, GB

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Gross Magic’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.