Here at Outernet, London Lead singer Mica Tenenbaum bounces around with huge and winning energy, promising great, dramatic things we never quite reach‘Welcome to Magdalena Bay’s magical mystery tour!” exclaims Mica Tenenbaum, one half of the LA electro-indie-pop duo, as she stands before a screen filled with a psychedelic mix of symbols. There’s a spinning sun reminiscent of a CD (an object the young crowd may only be dimly familiar with), a pair of chrome hands, and a silver orb resembling Harry Potter’s golden snitch. It’s strange and wonderfully surreal, with Tenenbaum bouncing around like a children’s TV host, promising to draw the audience into a fantastical narrative that, unfortunately, never fully materialises.The duo have had a big breakthrough year after successful second album Imaginal Disk, and this show has been upgraded to a bigger venue. Imaginal Disk is a concept album that follows an alien named True (played by Tenenbaum in their music videos) who rejects said disk implanted in her and embarks on a journey to understand what it means to be human. Continue reading...