Magic Chairs is the third studio album from Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 indie rock group Efterklang

Efterklang

Efterklang is an indie rock group from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in December 2000. To date, the band has released three studio albums and are currently signed to the 4AD label, as well as their own record label Rumraket.-History:...

. The album is the band's first release on their new label 4AD

4AD

4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today...

, and was released on February 22, 2010 and a day later in North America. The album was also released on the band's own label, Rumraket, in Scandinavia. The band began recording the album in January 2009 in studios across Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

 and Århus, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

, and mixed the album with producer Gareth Jones

Gareth Jones (music producer)

Gareth Jones is an English music producer and engineer notable for working with Depeche Mode, Einstürzende Neubauten, Wire and Erasure.-Background:Gareth Jones is married and currently living in North London....

. The first single "Modern Drift" was released as a free MP3 track on 4AD's website on November 19, 2009, and the music video for the song premiered on January 25, 2010 (link).

Track listing

1. "Modern Drift" – 4:53
2. "Alike" – 4:11
3. "I Was Playing Drums" – 5:13
4. "Raincoats" – 4:20
5. "Harmonics" – 4:05
6. "Full Moon" – 3:49
7. "The Soft Beating" – 4:13
8. "Scandinavian Love" – 3:53
9. "Mirror Mirror" – 5:44
10. "Natural Tune" – 3:26

Download-only bonus track

11. "Me Me Me the Brick House" – 5:26

Singles

• "Modern Drift" (January 25, 2010)
  • Music video only
• "I Was Playing Drums" (April 19, 2010)
  • 7" vinyl, 4AD (AD 3X08)
  1. "I Was Playing Drums" (Edit) – 4:07
  2. "Me Me Me the Brick House" – 5:26
• "Raincoats" (August 23, 2010)
  • Digital download, 4AD
  1. "Raincoats" (Edit) – 3:45
  2. "Harmonics" (Covered by Peter Broderick and Nils Frahm) – 4:23