Music for Perfect People

With it’s release being late last summer, Cast Spells‘ Bright Works and Baton is finally getting some of the music video treatment. “Glamorous Glowing” is up first and in the video we see a set of colored blocks coordinating their lighting to the sounds of the different instruments. As this Lite Brite-esque mass floats around the different nature and urban scenes, I cannot help but think that this should be featured on a commercial for Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. Anyone else agree?

The second video, however, isn’t an “official” music video by Cast Spells per say. Phil Thomas Katt put together the video for Dovecote Records and featured the music of Cast Spells in it. Oddly enough, the Saturday Night Live alumn Haratio Sanz is featured.

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In my eyes, the Glassroom Sessions have now become a staple in the Sargent House. Every time band members of a group on their roster stops in for a visit or a short stay, they record a track live in this beautiful space. Today, we have Dave Davison (aka Cast Spells) being joined by his bandmates in Maps & Atlases and Teri Gender Bender (of Le Butcherettes) in the Glassroom Session of “Glamorous Glowing.”

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Last night in Brooklyn, magic happened. It wasn’t David Blane or any of that rabbit-out-of-a-hat nonsense .. Instead,  Cast Spells, the side project of Maps & Atlases’ frontman Dave Davison, played a show at Union Hall (a personal favorite.)

A small crowd gathered in the basement venue  to enjoy the sweet sounds of  Mr. Davison, who was accompanied by a cellist and the drummer from So Many Dynamos.  While I have not gotten a chance to listen to the Cast Spells’ EP Bright Works and Baton (still waiting for it to ship .. grrr,) this did not subtract from the experience as the trio rolled through the lovely folky tunes off the album and I sipped on some delicious brews from the bartender.

Check out some videos I took from the show (please excuse the shoddy camera work and the poor sound quality at some point .. there is only so much one can do with a phone):

Overall, Cast Spells was a great time and the music was beautiful (as expected.) Sargenthouse has picked up a gem with Cast Spells and I suggest you purchase Bright Works and Baton at your earliest convenience.

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