Last night’s Magic Numbers show was absolutely fantastic. If you’re not familiar, they are two brother-sister pairs from England who grew up next door to each other and now make immaculate pop/rock. Bassist Michele Stodart is probably my favorite bass player in any band right now, one of the few bass players that I feel are the main reason a band is great. They performed songs from both their albums with amazing ease - it didn’t even seem like they had to pay any attention to their instruments. Each song sounded as good or better than the recorded versions, every one with spot on three-part vocal harmonies. Both of their albums more or less start off with fast, catchy tunes and then meander into slow ballads for the second half. They mostly played their upbeat stuff (which are their really great songs), only going into a few of their super-ballads. When they closed the set with “Love Me Like You” everyone in the front half of the room was dancing and throwing their hands in the air, singing along with the band. The audience was giving the band great energy all night and the band put it right back out through their songs, especially this one, which they played faster than normal and with great intensity. This is my favorite song of theirs, and I can honestly put it down on my list as one of the best single songs I have ever seen performed live. At the end of the perfectly crafted, climaxing track my body let out a wave of satisfaction I can only describe as a sonically-induced orgasm. It was pure satisfaction.

Here’s the video for “Love Me Like You:”

and here’s one off their new album: