Peach Pit

Peach Pit's fourth album is a masterclass in expansive arrangement and deeply felt songwriting--a winning formula that only continues the incredible trajectory the band's been on since their star-making debut EP Sweet FA in 2016. The eleven songs captured on Magpie find the quartet--lead singer Neil Smith, guitarist Chris Vanderkooy, bassist Peter Wilton, and drummer Mikey Pascuzzi--diving deeper into classic sounds while honing a musical style that entirely feels like their own. Magpie's origins began in earnest following an extensive tour schedule behind 2022's From 2 to 3, which also served as a chance to connect with the many fans who'd also fallen in love with 2020's You and Your Friends during the pandemic. "We had bigger and bigger shows every leg of the tour," Smith recalls, and as the band went into the studio with intent to start work on Magpie, they took with them inspiration from the in-the-moment creativity captured by Get Back, Peter Jackson's documentary that captures the Beatles recording their legendary final album Let It Be. "We wanted to go into the studio with a bunch of songs that we'd flesh out and write on the fly," Smith explains. "We'd done that a bunch of times before for singles here and there, so we were like, 'Let's try making a record that way'." But after a few studio sessions in their native Vancouver that ultimately proved fruitless, the band felt creatively stuck. "At a certain point, we were like, "Damn, this isn't really working for us," Smith recalls. "We don't have a whole record of stuff that we're super proud of. So we had to pivot and figure out how we were going to get the record done."