THE MAGIC NUMBERS

After two years away they've managed to craft their finest record to date with love and ambition. The Magic Numbers are back, and more special than ever.

At the end of 2007, The Magic Numbers finally took their feet off the gas after almost four years on the road. Two albums released in quick succession – 2005’s ‘The Magic Numbers’ and 2006’s ‘Those The Brokes’ – had made them platinum-selling chart stars, but toil had taken its toll, culminating one night in a heated, all-family fall-out. The Stodarts and Gannons realised it was time to stop.

The band needed to find themselves again outside of each other and so took some time out to work on other inspirational projects, but it was only a matter of time before The Magic Numbers fell back into each other’s arms and got back to work.

The band brought in producer Valgeir Sigurdsson (Björk, múm, Bonnie Prince Billy) and set about writing their new album, ‘The Runaway’. Intent on creating a bolder sonic world, but still prizing the pop sounds and hooks that make them so precious, the album was as much from the heart as it was from the mind. As The Runaway unfurls, it is wonderfully clear that they have achieved these ambitions. The album will be released in the UK on June 7th.

The Magic Numbers are back; more soulful, reflective and beautiful than ever before.