"The sweet mystical experimental experience beckons you in on this angelic cassette tape release of Witch Choir by locals Fantastic Magic. Too bad this was a limited release of 100 and is already sold out. Somebody should be looking at repressing this festival of cacophony. One of the Top 10 albums of the year." -
BLOG SAN DIEGO "Fantastic Magic break the shackles of the free jam improv to assert an unequivocal collection of heirloom rock music wed beautifully to the adoring bride of a long-playing cassette. This is going on my 'pleasure listening' shelf. On transparent lavender cassette hand-numbered to 100 with music-maligning, washed-out cover art. Great big recommendation to you." -
ANIMAL PSI"Highly recommended. One of my favorite things all year. And it only costs 5 bucks postpaid! Small price to pay for an eternal smile on yr face. And word from Nate is that he hopes to have a Fantastic Magic LP out by the end of the year, so start drooling, I already have." -
AUXILIARY OUT"Best Cassette release of the year. Abandon Ship has quickly become one of my favorite labels around, releasing loads of quality in 2007. But nothing can hold a candle to the weird and brilliant "Witch Choir." It's endless hooks and off-the-wall jams make this a total stand-out. I find myself humming these songs at random times and am starting to wear my copy of the tape out I've listened to it so much. Out-of-print at the moment, sadly, but I would be shocked if some kind of reissue doesn't materialize. Track this sucker down. NOW" -
FOXY DIGITALIS"Fantastic Magic capture the intimacy of a twilight campfire sing-a-long dubbed down to cassette on their frightfully scant offering Witch Choir. The group swing from soaring folk harmonies to wild buzzing noise raids but both forms keep the tone celebratory.
Though there are distinct songs the sides flow like murky dream sequences in which you recognize the faces but your tongue is too thick to begin to form the names. This cassette is frayed just the way it should be, blissfully ramshackled and coolly disheveled."-
RAVEN SINGS THE BLUES "Fantastic Magic's "Witch Choir" is a twenty-five minute cassette spun odyssey, glimsping all-too-briefly into a brilliant world of acoustic neo-psychedelia, free-noise skree, jazz interludes, gamelan & jugband percussion, and warped ethereal folk-singing. Did I say ethereal? Huffing this stuff is heavenly! "Witch Choir" makes my head light as a feather. Highly Recommended!" -
HEAVY VIBES"..I imagine that something this spaced-out and unique has just beamed in straight from some isolated commune in the American backwoods, living solely on a diet of magic mushrooms and moonshine. This is pretty wild - acid-damaged folk-pop forms filtered through a heap of spaced-out production."
-UK MELODY BAR" Fantastic Magic offers a unique melding of genres that will catch just about any listener by surprise. There is a barrage of diversity that is unmatched in recent memory. 9/10" -
HAWAIIAN WINTER