SHEER MAG RELEASE NPR TINY DESK CONCERT - WATCH
TOURING 2025 WITH AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS
PLAYING FAVORITES OUT NOW ON THIRD MAN RECORDS
Photo By Elizabeth Gillis / NPR
Sheer Mag swung by NPR headquarters this fall to play their classic hits “Nobody’s Baby”, “Steel Sharpens Steel”, “Need To Feel Your Love”, “Fan The Flames” and this year’s “Don’t Come Lookin’” off their highly lauded album and Third Man debut, Playing Favorites. Watch as the Philly five deliver a powerful performance including a show stopping collaboration with local bagpipe player, Tim Carey.
For over a decade now, Sheer Mag have labored to carve out a discernibly singular position within the canon of contemporary rock - their sound is unmistakably and immediately recognizable as theirs alone. Playing Favorites is a devotion to their own collective spirit—a spirit refined in both the sweaty trenches of punk warehouses and the glamour of concert halls—emerging with a dense work of gripping emotions, massive hooks and masterfully constructed power-pop anthems all lead by frontwoman Tina Halladay’s earth shattering vocals.
Following extensive worldwide touring in support of Playing Favorites, Sheer Mag hit the road next March, April, May supporting Amyl and the Sniffers. See below for a full list of dates, tickets and more.
Praise For Playing Favorites:
“It’s always playful, it’s always really fun…A lot of these songs are just so, so catchy” NPR
"no one sounds like this" The New York Times
“‘Playing Favorites’ has some of catchiest street-rock they’ve ever put on record, all driven home by powerhouse singer Tina Halladay, who balances toughness and empathy in a way that would make both D. Boon and Phil Lynott proud. The Philly band stretches out in less expected ways too, like the disco-rock highlight “All Lined Up.” Rolling Stone
“[Sheer Mag] knows well the virtues of short, punchy, effective songs that seem designed for a corner bar’s jukebox. The band’s singer, Tina Halladay, shines on ‘Playing Favorites’” The Wall Street Journal
“euphoric expansion by one of today’s great American bands” The Guardian
“a blast... a burst of energy to get through the week, if not the month” Consequence
“raw and melancholic” The FADER
“a Revivifying Jolt… anthemic '70s rock and defiant choruses are proof of life” SPIN
“Philly rock heroes Sheer Mag had a singular mission for their new song: to make a straight up rock banger. They succeeded!” NYLON
“If They Aren’t Already A Fav They Will Be!” BUST
“In any just universe, Playing Favorites would dominate the world’s FM stations for two years straight.” MOJO
“Camaro-rocking... full of the rollicking Thin Lizzy riffs and raw, howling vocals” Stereogum
“a major level up that is jam-packed with bangers of all shapes and sizes.” Brooklyn Vegan
“The acclaimed Philly outfit enter their 10th year with a sound that’s more defined than ever… guitarist Kyle Seely is dialed into his band’s beguiling breadth of boogie, southern rock, ‘80s metal, and power pop sounds like never before.” Guitar World (Read Feature)
“Sheer Mag are one of the best pure rock ‘n’ roll bands in America right now” Treble
“Rejoice, rock and roll true believers: Philly four-piece Sheer Mag has new music on the way.” WXPN
Photo By Natalie Piserchio
L-R Tina Halladay (Vocals), Kyle Seely (Guitar), Matt Palmer (Guitar), Hart Seely (Bass)
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WATCH PLAYING FAVORITES OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEOS:
“PLAYING FAVORITES”
“ALL LINED UP”
“MOONSTRUCK”
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