Andy Shauf - "The Magician"

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"The Magician" by Andy Shauf from the album 'The Party,' available now on Anti (World Excl. Canada) and Arts & Crafts (Canada)
Order CD / Vinyl: found.ee/AStheparty_store
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Official Site: andyshauf.com
Twitter: / andyshauf
Facebook: / andyshaufmusic
Thank you to Creative Saskatchewan for their generous support
Directed By: Winston Hacking
Director of Photography (Performance Footage): Geoff Fitzgerald
Additional Image Sourcing, Paper Cutting: Andrew Zukerman
Colour Correction: Frame Discreet

[@patdudar733]

I met Andy in 2004 when we were in high school in Moose Jaw, SK. For those of you that dont know, Andy was also a super talented BMX rider!

[@Schnitz13]

Not too surprising for a couple of reasons: not much else to do around Moose Jaw; and, he's talented AF (he recorded all the parts for this track them laid them down himself). Respect.

[@eduardocunhadecarvalho4778]

What was he like then?

[@heliogonzalez2663]

Nice

[@liu8573]

BMX？

[@narwhal5447]

@@liu8573. bike

[@Ebrar-je7ur]

this song is stuck between happiness and sadness dont know what to feel

[@hospitalcleaner]

that's the good old major 7 chord for you

[@hospitalcleaner]

brian wilson loved that sound

[@NumbaOneBuddhaSmoka]

Reminds me of New person same mistakes by Tame Impala

[@KandyCing]

Melancholy

[@evanhb49]

Shit that must be why im so in love with it

[@fra5898]

I remember how in 2016 I came across this album and listened to it over and over again. It was before my high school graduation

[@LukeofEarth]

Tripping out, laying in a hammock, watching the clouds and then this song came on. Thank you

[@annacatinca2989]

Same

[@Reitz86]

Float on

[@markb.humble6945]

@@annacatinca2989 -you were also outside laying on a hammock, tripping, and this song randomly came on?

[@wutup6533]

@@markb.humble6945 my nigga anything could happen when you're tripping

[@pavlovsunhappydog]

Yeah..same, i was lay outside tripping on a hammock. this song came on just randomly as i read your comment.

[@jacobburns3493]

I can't stop listening to this song. It's like being sober and really high at the exact same time.

[@fritzphantom8677]

Jacob Burns nope

[@islacocholgue7075]

Jacob Burns final ñ

[@class.roaster]

Haha

[@Filmwithpurpose]

That’s your third eye opening 😂

[@samenosuke]

U basically r talking bout tripping....and that is a whole universe of thought in itself

[@pavlovsunhappydog]

The best doo doo, doo doo, do do dooing in history.

[@randomdude189]

pavlovsunhappydog nah there are better but it's okay

[@cheekymonkey3929]

pavlovsunhappydog's do do ♥️

[@pavlovsunhappydog]

Name one.........

[@randomdude189]

H

[@anxiousmanchild766]

Broncho - Class Historian

[@kenallenproductions]

Andy brings me back to a time when I had creativity oozing through my ears, 6 years ago, now I feel like my creativity has come back alive. Thank you.

[@user-dw5un2ow9k]

Bang Yedammmm !!!💖💖💖

[@Kaichou8]

ใช่!

[@flatlinerlearning1272]

This song has taken over my life.

[@fabriccouch]

This song is burned into my mind. “Just a shaking hand without a concrete plan” - feels like you’re on the cusp of taking over the world without the decisiveness. It’s in all of us who are desperate to break the shackles. I’ve got what it takes to be a trivia host, but I’m terrified of being a real person. We are all the same people

[@jessetimmmiller1870]

This is the best album I have heard in YEARS! Reminds me of early 70's Beach Boys, Harry Neilsson, Wings etc. So damn good.

[@omnipop4936]

Voice reminds me of Gerry Beckley (of 70s band America).

[@zacharyknox6454]

His voice is somewhere on the edge of discomfort but never leaves the couch

[@DenJoost]

Sounds like a classic!

[@simontj8800]

Comeback and listen again :)

[@akishot6735]

Indeed

[@feilko2170]

but it is a classic now ;)

[@brodysorrell9769]

One of my favorite songs of all time.

[@nauracallistaz2259]

thanks yedam for this

[@DehDanMan]

Next level stuff. I haven't heard a song this good in a long time

[@simontj8800]

Comeback and listen again :)

[@DollyValentine]

Beautiful creativity. This song is utterly heart wrenching.

[@simontj8800]

Come back and listen again :)

[@somaly6760]

Treasure Bang Yedam brought me here this song sound so good love it ❤️

[@kennycharlton7891]

best use of distorted guitar i've heard in a LONG time, it shouldn't fit but it DOES

[@vnssgrd]

I am here because of BANG YEDAM. 💙💎 thankyou!!!!!

[@Animal_lives_matter]

I like the vintage EQing on this. More emphasis on the mid range, I like it.

[@OHHnoYOUdidntMAN]

Multiband master compression can give you even low and high end and with adjustments can sound full and rich but can adjusted to sound vintage and dynamic too

[@Schnitz13]

He also recorded all the instruments and arranged this himself. Amazing to behold!

[@trugangsta4real]

Nice observation. Overall the mix sounds mid to late 70's. I dig the plate reverb sound as well.

[@plebeian5699]

They probably just mixed on more analog equipment than you would normally hear nowadays lol

[@xxXXXxxACExxXXXxx]

true about the analog equipment. I bet he ran things through a tape as well

[@TheMrQwertyify]

Loved the album, listened to it on the road with my mom, she liked the production and said it reminded her of America

[@KobuCake]

aha exactly the same story here, the only CD on the car, their first album eponym, the best :))

[@Schnitz13]

Killer compliment, and well-placed!

[@Shawn-gx7hv]

This song has gotten me through a lot of hard times.

[@efrawithoutroadss]

same! ima in hard times now, but this song helps me a lot! so beautiful and peacefully.

[@DJRoil]

Those cutouts must been a lot of work. Congrats to everyone involved in making this!

[@andrewmarcellis2007]

You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like Andy Shauf

[@DevitaHaqiqatulDinah]

In this hectic world, watching this video and listening to its song kinda give you some peaceful-mind-yet-fuck-the-world feeling

[@ThePaoOfTooh]

exactly what we need in a hectic world, peaceful-mind-yet-fuck-the-world? fuck YOUR world.

[@ParmaJonny]

There is something about the instrumentation of this song that reminds me of Nick Drake. It's the type of song that plays over the credits of a television series episode that wins the emmy. Beautifully haunting.

[@stevaniaulia3951]

Here after boy radio by treasure And im addictic with this song rn 💙

[@evanhb49]

Have you ever had a dream where you fall for a couple of seconds and wake up with your heart racing? I look for music that gives me that feeling. Kinda melancholic.

[@sayroni]

andy shauf. a quiet genius. doesn't shout to be noticed. elegant, yet so chaotically beautiful. i never say this. but this guy is really underrated !

[@simontj8800]

Come back and listen to again

[@sayroni]

@@simontj8800 damn, needed this. thanks. : )

[@simontj8800]

@@sayroni no problem lol

[@neburarieiv]

I think this is the first time I see the word underrated being properly used online.

[@isabelc.6138]

Así es.

[@wholeshebang1]

I get a Beatles’ Strawberry Fields vibe from this song and the imagery reminds me of the Yellow Submarine movie. Nice job, Andy Shauf.

[@AlyssaQ420]

Paul Simon: For Vietnam-Era Melancholy Elliot Smith: For 90's Nihilism Andy Shauf: For Hopeful Millennials

[@denisenova7494]

I like them all :)

[@alexandermiller9262]

No holes left for the pigeons

[@tam.h]

i’m not sure if anything in this song (or even most of this album) invokes hopefulness. it’s so full of dread and anxiety

[@brandonleeharris]

AlyssaQ420 well said🥂

[@pavlovsunhappydog]

@@tam.h There is a release of tension in the 'doo doo doo do do doo's' otherwise i could have destroyed my complete magic collection.

[@imacomputer101]

This my favorite song in the entire world.

[@Technoxity]

This is a genius, ambient but emotionally invoking work of art. Godspeed Andy Shauf, may greatness come to an individual of such talents.

[@AA1319A]

This song is triply. I'm not even on drugs but listening to it trips me out. Good song.

[@benjaminw.1471]

*new york

[@bushwalker53]

Good lord boy, I'm a little jazzed at the moment myself and I can understand exactly how that comment came about. Reading it, however... It's still indecipherable.

[@useyourhead1996]

This song gives me goosebumps, especially the instruments

[@evanhb49]

anyone else get a deep intense feeling of comfort mixed with a subtle but powerful feeling of like anxiety and being scared? when i listen to his music or similar music i get this feeling. i kind of feel depressed but its like a warm blanket wrapped around me i dont want to leave it but i know i should. please let me know if anyone else feels something similar

[@bonethugsfiend]

Yeah i get a similar feeling, you described it well

[@jadiellima8922]

I don't know English very well, but it does be like this. I feel like I'm missing something in life with the verse "shaking hands withou plans"

[@mbabington57]

great song, instant classic.

[@simontj8800]

Comeback and listen again :)

[@1daful]

I've been listening to this song for months, but am only now watching the video. It is still currently my favorite song.

[@dreamy-soul]

how is this song so beautiful? I've listened to this song on repeat for the last few days and everytime I listen again it still feels powerful and touches my soul, everytime

[@LeroyBrown93]

I'm not exaggerating when i say this is my new favourite song. Wonderfully produced with beautiful lyrics to compliment.

[@RebornLegacy]

I love the character portrait he's painted with his lyrics. Andy Shauf is quickly becoming one of my favorite lyricist.

[@MoonAlongMyHead]

This song is amazing and I'm so glad I met Andy at a Tiny Desk concert

[@dylanriesenbeck846]

Moon Along My Head How did you manage to attend a tiny desk, if ya don’t mind me asking? I’ve always wondered

[@eduardocunhadecarvalho4778]

I want to know as well

[@NewtsOnAcid]

This has to be my favorite song right now. Happy and sad, definitely nostalgic. Makes me retrospect on life and what led me to this point. I just wish I could share it with someone some day.

[@Seanontube1]

Incredible album. Gorgeous.

[@KobuCake]

just discovered this, reminds me the band America, my childhood :) love it

[@playablecharacter3871]

This guy is an artist and it's giving meaning to my life right now, I can't give up without hearing what else he has to offer

[@westabor3085]

I listened to this when I was drunk driving to my ex’s house to drop stuff off sobbing out of control using coke daily destroying every relationship I had weird to listen to this again .. I’m sober now 1 year and change

[@shaulahernandez2954]

Congratulations dude 🎉

[@makhylamaida8968]

Amen brother 🙏🏼✨🧿💖 bless u

[@bloodmaged]

nice

[@laurenashley7138]

❤️

[@billyewing4024]

the recording is so damn good i get goosebumps each time i listen to it......about 20 times a day.

[@chantalsara]

I love this song!

[@KevinStCroix]

Such a trip into something other than what was just going on in my reality. Thank you.

[@waytogojonny]

Absolutely gorgeous composition! It has the perfect mix of melancholy and true simple joy. Wow

[@aaron4104]

I feel this tune is about how as humans we live a life of constant improvisation in all aspects, in the first line (do you find it gets easier each time you make it disappear?) It could be relationships with people, like it gets easier to watch people walk away after it's happened so many times, as well as the lines saying the magician is the one who sweats the most as he sees his options disappear, we run out of choices in life so we become desperate to find what we want from it but in the end we're all just a shaking hand without a concrete plan, in other words an abstract idea trying to understand itself

[@irenemarina9576]

Perfect!! Tks

[@stereoreservoir]

That's a great take! its important to remember your identity is not married to these relationships; you are your own individual self, however much your life dynamics change, whether it be relationships, jobs, habbits , places of living, appearance, ect. you are still the same person the whole time. To roughly paraphrase George Watsky: People only add to who they are over time .Every thing is the same at its core nothings changed only more than before. maybe im overthinking this a bit though... 🥴

[@mikecorrado5343]

@@stereoreservoir needed to hear this - cheers

[@evedotcom]

I’ve read a few different interpretations and I like this one the most.

[@MrEzombie86]

I felt this explanation. Beautiful interpretation.

[@angelainglismusic]

This video is astoundingly wondrous and thoroughly entertaining. I've been an Andy Shauf fan since the beginning so, that I love the song goes without saying. But there, I've said it anyway.

[@johnceasersalad]

I always like to revisit this video, seriously a great video and a wonderful song! I found this album while I started a very big personal transition in life. At the time I was cleaning a daycare at night that was apart of a church I grew up in; they had recently gotten into a newer building that had a bit more of an institutionalized feel to it. I remember walking around this big cold empty unfamiliar building at midnight listening to this album, it was a very interesting time.

[@ShuffleInMotion]

This is a very deep song. From the Artwork and the Lyrics. Hats off to this man

[@nandoneobh]

What a peace of heaven this piece of art!

[@joshlangland8620]

Nice little piano part that I haven't paid attention to before. Absolutely hooked on this song/album/artist/style

[@kassidylingenfelter9665]

I think i'm gonna buy this album. Just a couple of the singles i've heard so far are really good. Lyrics are brilliant, and the music and melodies are really original. Love stuff like this.

[@Lone_wolf--br7fi]

Ive tripped so many times and listened to this song, Brings back so much nostalgia and so many flashbacks...

[@thesleepybardalwayswaiting5260]

What a priceless treasure of a song.

[@willowthewillowtree7807]

This is so good he really deserves more recognition

[@loveseeker8901]

thank you YEDAM..BROUGHT ME HERE:)YEDAM FROM TREASURE

[@loveseeker8901]

check them out...its worth it..TREASURE

[@anggunnisya1711]

I'm here bcause yedam😍😍

[@ismellsexand_candy]

Same.

[@JessieLalringmawi]

Same

[@scy2257]

Same goes here🙋‍♀️🤣

[@zachdoherty369]

The intro is soo good it's such a bop it's been stuck in my head I love that piano and clarinet it's pretty cool.

[@LxftRxght]

Genius. You've elevated yourself into a timeless dimension with this one.

[@leticiagalvao6456]

Adoro essa música !

[@michasz4297]

The music video makes me believe for just a moment that beneath this earthly veneer of mundane existence there's indeed a metaphysical world of ethereal phantasmagoria. All hail such artists for making this reality more bearable to us.

[@dontbleedthadalo]

Cool story, bro. Nah jp, forreal.

[@gilmarfilho3111]

This song goes deep inside my core and bends my soul smoothly

[@hehlehleh9844]

Just met these guys the other day. I missed their show but they're coming back soon. But not soon enough. I love this band and Andy so much.

[@alxleiva]

Brilliant! He's lyrics reminds me of Beck

[@user-jx3wf8lr1z]

Totally high on acid listening to this great song. Greetings to everyone from Mexico

[@jonathan1972]

Love it when you find an awesome song and a very entertaining video accompanying it!! Can’t stop listening and watching!!

[@tylerlindenmeyer8079]

The vocal Melody is what got me hooked on this song.

[@frankolivas8593]

I'm here now, needed to hear this song again.

[@zackwheeler1699]

First heard this at Starbucks. You don't exactly get satisfying results when you Google the lyrics: "Dodo do do dodo doo" I just happened to catch it the next time I was in Starbucks and figured it out via Spotify. Great song.

[@Panquernic]

lmao

[@BohemianConspiracy]

Starbucks is for mainstream hypsterz

[@zackwheeler1699]

Starry&Bohemian I work there in the morning, while attending school for welding at night. "Hypsterz" here 'bout to be making Slag Money 🤘🤑

[@1daful]

I also discovered this song at Starbucks. Another reason to love going there.

[@drinkclintons2058]

Get Shazam. That has help me out so many times.

[@TheLuxxors]

Song and vid equally excellent, I catch myself playing it over and over and over and over...

[@SoulDrifter]

Pretty refreshing to hear something like this coming out in recent years

[@cheekys.o.b804]

Songs like this are my everyday mood.

[@cheekys.o.b804]

@Sufiyan Shaikh you're projecting .

[@guidewired]

can't wait for the album !

[@daphne-blue]

one of my all-time favourite music videos 💙

[@funeralbug6402]

This piece of art

[@IProvideLyrics1924]

[Verse 1] Do you find It gets a little easier each time you make it disappear? Oh fools, the magician bends the rules As the crowd watches his every move [Chorus] Just a shaking hand without a concrete plan Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo [Verse 2] Sidesteps to a death-defying feat Wait for him to reappear Look close, you’ll see him sweat the most Each time his options disappear [Chorus] Just a shaking hand without a concrete plan Just a shaking hand without a concrete plan I’m a shaking hand without a plan Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo [Outro] Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo

[@ranjithperera4958]

I'm listening to this beautiful song because of bang yedam💜

[@alexsdanielchavzlopz3159]

love love love love this song

[@TheLuckyKittyShow]

This is the prettiest most textured record I've heard in years - thanks, Andy!

[@FaunoProduction]

This song is Hypnotic

[@gabyalvirde]

audio and visual masterpiece 🌌😍

[@simontj8800]

Comeback and listen again for the great feeling of it :)

[@scottdalrymple700]

I can't stop watching and listening to this, it's perfect. Thank you.

[@simontj8800]

Comeback and listen to this song again :)

[@leomejia6125]

Sweet song, sweet melody, sweet everything in it !

[@SlightlyWetFart]

Some of those notes give me creeping nostalgia for a time that doesn't exist

[@jimmyojimbo9902]

Thats the magic of chords, melody and colors

[@derekfletcher8934]

Look up the words "saudade" and "anemoia"

[@SlightlyWetFart]

@@derekfletcher8934 yes, anemoia! Thank you!

[@derekfletcher8934]

@@SlightlyWetFart happy to help :)

[@pitoutopit]

This is so wonderful.

[@simontj8800]

Comeback and listen again :)

[@oogieboogie8829]

This song is so beautiful. I feel sad and happy at the same time.

[@josephharris6062]

I like it a lot more than I thought I would. It's like meeting a new friend🎼🎵🎵🎵

[@momo-dm3rw]

this song makes me feel sad but not depressed

[@iristanja8260]

Same

[@DanilKarpychev]

You make my last days magical indeed. Thank you.

[@rabbitsarecool5738]

Last days? Oh no did he die?

[@MarcoPollo77]

Did you die? Can I have your dinosaur?

[@anu8595]

Hope you are doing well😊

[@alejandracastaneda2954]

Those violins or cello (idk and idc) really got me instantly!!!

[@philippemetois6491]

best song for the world at the moment... share it with everybody with something between the ears...

[@FunkyCrumpet]

I knew i shouldn't of bought that herbal tea from that wiccan shop.

[@ActuallyAwesomeName]

I hate it when people type of instead of have. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE LOOK AT WHAT YOU WROTE

[@Markingramforheisman]

@@ActuallyAwesomeName shut up and trip balls.

[@sirzebra]

@@Markingramforheisman Things you could only say when theres a Karen at a forest acid party

[@kumarmanish9046]

shouldn't *have*

[@barpsoon3031]

... Funky Crumpet ... ‘have’

[@Mtully01]

love this so much

[@simontj8800]

Comeback and love it ones more :)

[@jimjamjames82]

One of the best.

[@maylnwood]

Absolutely wonderful