"Magazines" (also known as "Kings of Holey") is a track by Welsh rock band

The Automatic The Automatic (also known as The Automatic Automatic in the U.S.) was a Welsh rock band. The band's last-known lineup was composed of Robin Hawkins on vocals, bass and synthesisers, James Frost on guitar, synthesisers, backing vocals and occas ...

on their second album ''

This Is a Fix ''This Is A Fix'' is the second album by Wales-based band The Automatic. It was released on 25 August 2008. The band worked with producer Don Gilmore in Los Angeles, but were disappointed with these sessions, and instead worked with Butch Walker ...

''. The track was announced as their second single from ''This Is a Fix'' in late 2008; however, for unexplained reasons, the single and further release of material and promotion of the album ended in early 2009, with the band re-entering the studio to record their third album instead. The track is notably sung primarily by

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, with Rob Hawkins and James Frost providing backing vocals, Frost also provides synthesizer parts, as well as guitar.

Writing

In an interview with the

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guitarist James Frost spoke of the track ''"There's a track called Magazines that is totally different to anything we've ever done before, I think it could be a sign of what we might do on the next album. It's this kind of dirty, sexy thing"'' Rob added: ''"It's like hip-hop with singing really, isn't it."'' During the writing and recording process the track was known as "Kings of Holey".The Automatic tell us all about their new album, This Is A Fix, exclusively on Last.fm
last.fm, August 2008

References

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