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Magdalena Bay
12+ albums
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Magdalena Bay is an American alternative pop duo from Miami, Florida, based in Los Angeles, California. The duo consists of couple Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin, who write and produce together. They have released two studio albums, three EPs, and three mixtapes. The mixtapes are called Mini Mixes and are composed of short songs with accompanying homemade green screen music videos. The duo released their debut studio album, Mercurial World, on October 8, 2021. They have been noted for their informational TikTok videos on the music industry and their kitschy DIY visuals. Their second album, Imaginal Disk, was released on August 23, 2024. Background Tenenbaum was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and immigrated with her family to the United States when she was one year old, growing up in Miami. Lewin was born in Miami and is of Argentine descent on his father's side. Both Tenenbaum and Lewin are Jewish. They originally met in high school at a program run by Live! Modern School of Music, where they were placed in a classic rock cover band and later began writing their own progressive rock music as Tabula Rasa. After that band broke up, they formed Magdalena Bay in 2016 while on vacation from college —Tenenbaum at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and Lewin at Northeastern University in Boston — and continued to collaborate remotely. The band was named after an administrator at Lewin's former job. Career They have cited Grimes, Chairlift, and Charli XCX as influe
