The Aces Make Confident Return with Queer Pop Anthem ‘The Magic’

US alternative pop quartet The Aces make their highly anticipated return with new single ‘The Magic’, their most pop offering to date. The track marks the band’s first new release since last summer’s I’ve Loved You For So Long, the third studio album which gained critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic.

The band’s triumphant return sees them fully embrace vibrant production, blending funk basslines with punchy drum moments. Playful rhythms and falsetto vocal harmonies give the track its irresistible catchy pop quality, while its infectious, radio-ready chorus cements it as an instant anthem. It’s a bold, confident evolution of The Aces’ ever-creative sound.

“She got that cherry red lipstick, and it’s smeared on my shirt /
marked me like a cigarette burn /
wants everyone to know that I’m hers”

On the new track, The Aces said: “When we were making this, we wanted to capture the feeling of being in a really hot couple, or a really hot friend group, or just being really hot in general… and horny. When we wrote ‘The Magic’, we went into the studio wanting to write something fun, wanting to feel sexy, wanting to feel confident, wanting to feel like you are that bitch! We were really inspired by the concept of power couples and power friend groups; people who when they walk in the room everyone’s heads turn to them. We wanted to capture that energy and message in the song.”

The Aces are currently in the middle of a US & Canada tour supporting Goth Babe, having also toured extensively globally with their energetic headline show. In support of their third studio album I’ve Loved You For So Long, released last year (June 2023), the band embarked on a UK headline tour which included a career defining sold-out show at London’s iconic KOKO.

I’ve Loved You For So Long was released as a collection of 11 nostalgic tracks and saw the band reflect on their childhood and unpack how their early experiences with closeted love and religious trauma have influenced their relationships, mental health and identity in the present. We saw The Aces at their most canid, and now with ‘The Magic’ see them fully emerge with a bold new confidence.

The band’s last record saw them truly establish themselves as favourites in the UK, particularly at BBC Radio 1, where they gained a Tune of the Week and recorded an infamous BBC Maida Vale live session for Mollie King’s Future Pop show. Elsewhere, the quartet have seen love and support from the likes of The Independent, The Guardian, MTV UK, CLASH, NME, DORK, The Line of Best Fit, NOTION, Wonderland, whynow, Official Charts, HUNGER, Attitude Magazine, Gay Times, Enfnts Terribles, Coup de Main and more.

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