4 or 5 Magicians

From: Brighton

Influences: Pavement, Dinosaur Jr, Guided By Voices, Nirvana, Pixies and Built To Spill.

Profile: The Brighton-based four-piece, or sometimes five-piece, were first picked up by Radio One's Huw Stephens on the strength of their first demo, and recorded a session at the BBC's Maida Vale studios in June 2007. The session was followed by the release of their debut single Forever On The Edge through Alcopop!'s Singles Club last October The band, which is led by singer, guitarist and occasional drummer Dan Ormsby, released a double A-side single Change The Record/Ideal Man through This Is Fake DIY Records last month.

Your Fictitious Character (right click on the track to download, left click to stream)

Myspace: www.myspace.com/4or5magicians