Witch Choir

Lilting in the haziest of ways, and filled with trilling falsetto vocals, lightly plucked guitar and the shimmering of exotic percussion, this brief (25 minute) clear purple cassette from San Diego trio Fantastic Magic captures both the shamanistic vibes of free-folk, while keeping the delirious bliss quotient pushed to the max. However, a subdued creeping menace lurks throughout the tape, almost unexplainably, but perhaps best understood as that eerie mood music occasionally found in horror movies meant to both soothe and terrorize. Oh boy.