If you haven’t heard the name Fascinator before, don’t feel clueless: with a barely there online presence and their last musical offering released late last year, the band has been cruising along under the radar – but this may change soon. The side-project of Australian, now NYC based, Children Collide‘s frontman Johnny Mackay, the band debuted in 2012 with the track ‘Sexuality Mystery.’ Mackay initially kept his name off the project, but revealed his involvement with the release of his second video ‘Mr Caterpillar’. Released in October 2013, Fascinator’s second five song EP ‘Earth’ is a collection of dancy, dark, exotic psych-rock tunes, with lo-fi reverby vocals woven through it. Influences by Ariel Pink, early Beck and Connan Mockasin (refreshingly acknowledged by the band in their Facebook page) trickle through tracks like ‘Girl I Want’ (streaming) and ‘River Legs’. Having opened for Australian bands Tame Impala and Jagwar Ma earlier this year, Fascinator is set to play Burning Man next week. Their wild, fully costumed show is a must see, keep an eye out for upcoming show dates and fresh material dropping later this year – Brescia Mascheretti
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