Magdalena Bay’s Imaginal Disk is a 2024 alternative pop release from Los Angeles, issued by Mom+Pop on August 23. The available details don’t get into instruments, recording methods, or specific production choices, so the clearest description is the one attached to it, pop with an alternative edge. It’s a 15-track set, long enough to feel like a full statement rather than a short collection of singles.
The tracklist has a strong sense of movement on paper. “She Looked Like Me!” opens, “True Blue Interlude” arrives early, and the run through “Death & Romance”, “Fear, Sex”, “Vampire in the Corner”, and “Watching T.V.” gives the middle a slightly strange, theatrical pull. “Feeling DiskInserted?” is an especially odd title, while “The Ballad of Matt & Mica” closes the album on a more narrative note. Anyone already following Magdalena Bay, or looking for current alternative pop with a left turn in its presentation, will know where to start. The paid edition comes in FLAC 16/44, ALAC, WAV, and AIFF, alongside MP3 320, CD, and vinyl.
