Death Valley Girls Reveal “Magic Powers” From Upcoming “Islands In The Sky” Album

LA mystic rock mainstay Death Valley Girls have shared their magnetic third single, Magic Powers. It follows the gospel-channeling Sunday, cosmic lead-single What Are The Odds and the announcement of their upcoming full length, Islands In The Sky, that is due out on February 24th via Suicide Squeeze Records. The band will also be embarking on a European tour this February and March which includes UK shows in London, Nottingham, Newcastle and Manchester.

“I was walking down the street, and all of the sudden it dawned on me that almost all the things that kids bullied me about, or I got in trouble for in school, or was told would make me never amount to anything, were actually my magic powers! My voice isn’t too high, or funny, it’s how I cast my spells! I’m not a bad student, I love learning, and being a seeker! And I’m not a crazy person with weird ideas, that will never fit into society, I’m a witch, and I have magic powers!” (lead member Bonnie Bloomgarden)

For the better part of a decade, LA’s scrappy rock n’ roll mystics Death Valley Girls have used their music as a means of tapping into a communal cosmic energy. On albums like Glow In The Dark (2016), Darkness Rains (2018), and Under The Spell Of Joy (2020) the band challenged the soul-crushing banality of modern society and celebrated “true magical infinite potential” through a collage of scorching proto-punk riffs, earworm melodies, far-out lyrics and lysergic auxiliary instrumentation. But on their latest album Islands In The Sky, Death Valley Girls‘ songwriting mastermind Bonnie Bloomgarden uses the band’s anthemic revelries as a guidebook to spiritual healing and a roadmap for future incarnations of the self. And while these may be the loftiest aims of Death Valley Girls to date, the resulting music is also by far their most infectious and celebratory.