{"id":467,"date":"2013-11-26T10:22:04","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T15:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=467"},"modified":"2013-12-04T09:24:27","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T14:24:27","slug":"mrs-magician-b-sides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/mrs-magician-b-sides\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs. Magician <br>B-Sides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mrs_magician-bsides.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-468\" alt=\"Mrs. Magician, B-Sides\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mrs_magician-bsides.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mrs_magician-bsides.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mrs_magician-bsides-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>One thing you learn right off the bat at even the most beginner community college creative writing class is to write what you know. This is a lesson Mrs. Magician frontman Jacob Turnbloom has surely taken to heart. As evidenced in song titles like \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Hangout with the Lesbians Next Door and Take Acid\u201d and \u201cThere Is No God,\u201d the band\u2019s debut full-length, <i>Strange Heaven<\/i>, was chock full of wryly expressed personal experience juxtaposed with knockout hooks and just the right amount of rambunctious git-up.<\/p>\n<p>Having also released a handful of singles in limited quantities as well, Mrs. Magician has assembled a collection of B-sides for this pragmatically titled record. Here too, Mr. Turnbloom and company displays the same knacks as on the debut, if only to a somewhat lesser extent. Leadoff track \u201cDespicable Things,\u201d however, could just as well be an A-side, with Turnbloom lamenting all the horrible acts he\u2019s committed just to please his paramour over a reverb-washed guitar and big backbeat. \u201cGuys in Cooler Bands\u201d utilizes a similar formula, only this time Turnbloom tells some young thing off: \u201cBitch, you don\u2019t have to call me names&#8230; You should focus on yourself and why you sleep around with every asshole in this town.\u201d Perhaps most obviously autobiographical, though, is \u201cI Hate Tour,\u201d where our hero sings, \u201cWe played a shitty show for no one at the House of Rock N Roll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, comprised of 17 tracks and compiled from various records, <i>B-Sides<\/i> (Thrill Me Records) can\u2019t be expected to have the tight cohesion of <i>Strange Heaven<\/i>. But even so, the connected tributaries of Turnbloom\u2019s stream of consciousness keep the record from seeming disjointed\u2014even during Mrs. Magician\u2019s most atypical moments (\u201cAlways a Bridesmaid,\u201d \u201cSleep Running\u201d)\u2014while the band\u2019s inherent charms ensure that these flipsides are worth hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing you learn right off the bat at even the most beginner community college creative writing class is to write what you know. 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