Indie-Folk Trio Magic Giant Releases IN THE WIND EP

Los Angeles-based indie folk trio Magic Giant is thrilled to announce the release of In The Wind - Acoustic, a digital-only EP featuring intimately reimagined versions of five songs from the band's breakthrough debut LP, In The Wind. Due out April 6 via Concord Records, the EP's arrival heralds the band's highly anticipated performance at Coachella in April and a North American tour that will find them criss-crossing the continent throughout May.

Upon the 2017 release of In The Wind, PopMatters hailed Magic Giant, saying their "sound is huge and features melodies that soar to majestic heights." Pared back to their most essential elements, the songs on In The Wind - Acoustic lose none of that majesty while shining an even brighter spotlight on the trio's gifts for heartfelt melody and rich emotions. The EP includes starkly gorgeous transformations of the band's best-known singles, "Set On Fire" and "Window," alongside hushed, tender interpretations of album tracks "Shake Me Up," "Hideaway," and "Great Divide."

Lead singer Austin Bisnow (who has written and produced hits for the likes of David Guetta, Jon Batiste & Stay Human, Steve Aoki and others) along with bandmates Zambricki Li and Zang, are all multi-instrumentalists who brought a wide-ranging sonic arsenal to bear on In The Wind. In this acoustic setting, they reveal the ability to retain their songs' lush sweep with only the gentle pluck of fingers on guitar and banjo strings, the stirring drone of a cello and the romantic swoon of a violin.

The recording of In The Wind was remarkable for turning the marvels of nature into a recording studio. The album's songs were captured by a shuttle bus converted into a solar-powered mobile studio against such awe-inspiring backdrops as a California Redwood forest, a mountain pass in the Pacific Northwest and a Colorado daisy field. In essence, In The Wind - Acoustic takes the opposite tack, paring the songs back to their own natural states and letting the inherent beauty of Magic Giant's songs shine through.

Following the release of In The Wind - Acoustic, Magic Giant will head back out across the country that so inspired them. Their first stop will be Coachella 2018, where they'll share a bill with Eminem and Cardi B. Then in May they'll begin a coast-to-coast run that will give audiences in the U.S. and Canada the opportunity to hear the unique sound that Rolling Stone has described as "somewhere between the Avett Brothers and the Chemical Brothers."

Magic Giant tour:

4/15/2018 Indio CA Coachella Valley Music Festival

4/22/2018 Indio CA Coachella Valley Music Festival

5/5/2018 Peoria IL Pour Brothers Community Tavern

5/6/2018 Nashville TN 3rd & Lindsley Nashville

5/8/2018 Orlando FL The Social

5/11/2018 Jacksonville FL Jack Rabbits

5/12/2018 Charlotte NC Visulite Theatre

5/13/2018 Baltimore MD Ottobar

5/15/2018 Albany NY The Hollow Bar + Kitchen

5/16/2018 Hamden CT Space Ballroom

5/17/2018 Burlington VT Arts Riot

5/18/2018 Montreal QC Petit Campus

5/19/2018 London ON London Music Hall

5/25/2018 San Francisco CA The Chapel

5/26/2018 Napa CA Silo's

5/27/2018 Napa CA BottleRock Festival

6/2/2018 Cincinnati OH Bunbury Festival

6/10/2018 Novelty OH LaureLive

6/23/2018 Denver CO Westword Music Festival

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