Melted Moon<\/em>, one of \u201cseven immersive, evocative songs\u201d that make up the album. The press release details how, \u201ctogether in freeform dialogue, voice and instrument, Barwick and Lattimore render a meditation on tragedy, wonder, and the restorative power of shared experience.\u201d<\/p>\nThe story continues: \u201cCo-produced by Trevor Spencer (Fleet Foxes, Beach House), Tragic Magic came together in just nine days, a testament to the \u201cmusical telepathy,\u201d as Barwick puts it, that has developed between the two artists over the years traveling the world as friends and tourmates. Sessions crossed improvisation with loose ideas they arrived in Paris with from Los Angeles, shortly after the January 2025 wildfires while still reeling for their community.<\/p>\n
Barwick and Lattimore were given access to the extraordinary instrument collection of the Philharmonie de Paris\u2019 Mus\u00e9e de la Musique in partnership with InFin\u00e9. The two artists embraced a divine setting, overwhelmed by the beauty and history at their fingertips. Lattimore selected three harps tracing the evolution of the instrument from 1728 to 1873, and Barwick chose several analog synthesizers that have shaped decades of exploratory music, including the Roland JUPITER and Sequential Circuits PROPHET-5, among other treasures.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were so lucky to have access to this experience. There was a lot of reverence, working with people with such warmth and enthusiasm, bringing these instruments into a modern context, literally taken off the shelves of the museum,\u201d says Lattimore. \u201cWe wanted to honor the past while making music that we feel is a true expression of ourselves,\u201d Barwick adds.<\/p>\n\n