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"That's My Floor"
Single by Magdalena Bay
from the album Imaginal Disk
ReleasedAugust 21, 2024 (2024-08-21)
Genre
Length3:42
LabelMom + Pop
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Magdalena Bay
Magdalena Bay singles chronology
"Tunnel Vision"
(2024) 		"That's My Floor"
(2024)
Music video
"That's My Floor" on YouTube

"That's My Floor" is a song by the American musical duo Magdalena Bay from their second studio album, Imaginal Disk (2024). It was written, recorded, and produced by both members of the duo—Matthew Lewin and Mica Tenenbaum—while the mixing was in charge of Dave Fridmann and the mastering was made by Emily Lazar. Mom + Pop Music released the song on August 21, 2024, as the album's fourth and final single. An accompanying music video directed by Amanda Kramer premiered on the same date.

"That's My Floor" is a progressive rock, grunge, psychedelic funk, and synth funk song with elements of 2000s music and lyrics focusing on self-discovery and partying. Vogue and Rolling Stone included it on their year-end lists of the best songs released in 2024. Magdalena Bay performed "That's My Floor" as part of the regular set list of the Imaginal Mystery Tour (2024–2025).

Background and release

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Magdalena Bay released their first single with the label Mom + Pop Music on May 28, 2024, titled "Death & Romance".[1] It was followed by "Image" and "Tunnel Vision" on July 11 and July 31, respectively. While releasing the former, Magdalena Bay announced that they would be releasing their second studio album, Imaginal Disk, on August 23, 2024. They also revealed its track listing, in which "That's My Floor" appears as the twelfth track.[2]

Mom + Pop released "That's My Floor" on August 21, 2024, as the album's fourth and final single. In a press release, the duo stated: "This song is about how we imagine a party must be like. We've never been to one." It was released alongside a music video directed by Amanda Kramer that follows the narrative of the other videos from the album.[3][4] Described by Nylon's Kevin LeBlanc as "campy", it sees the duo's lead vocalist Mica Tenenbaum partying with aliens and her blonde alter ego, as well as going through space portals.[5] Magdalena Bay included "That's My Floor" in the regular set list of the Imaginal Mystery Tour in 2024.[6][7]

Composition

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Both members of Magdalena Bay, Matthew Lewin and Mica Tenenbaum, wrote and produced "That's My Floor", while Tenenbaum also provided the vocals. They also recorded it at their home studio referred to as Mag Bay HQ. Dave Fridmann was the mixing engineer at Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, New York, and Emily Lazar served as the mastering engineer at The Lodge, Manhattan.[8] "Tunnel Vision" is 3 minutes and 29 seconds long,[9] Music critics have identified "That's My Floor" as a progressive rock,[10] grunge,[11] psychedelic funk,[12] and synth funk track with a distorted psychedelic production. It contains sounds of space lasers,[13] distorted guitars,[14] bass, synthesizers, and ends with a guitar solo.[15] In the song, Magdalena Bay experiments with different pitches and tempo,[13] while having influences of 2000s music.[11] The lyrical content of "That's My Floor" explores self-discovery.[12] Vogue's Laird Borrelli-Persson described it as "funky, proggy, party-ready".[16] In the song's chorus, the duo's vocalist Tenenbaum sings: "I'm coming up to the party and I want more / So open up for me".[17]

Critical reception

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Writing for ABC News, Al Newstead described the song as "addictive" and believed that it makes an elevator ride sound like a hallucinogenic trip".[18] Shaad D'Souza of Paper said that the song "perfectly captures [Magdalena Bay's] madcap approach to style".[19] Nick Seip of Slant Magazine wrote that "things get even weirder" on "That's My Floor" in comparison to the rest of the album,[13] and PopMatters's Evan Sawdey said that the duo goes back to the "amp-breaking" music of their musical beginnings.[10] The magazine Under the Radar named "That's My Floor" the best song of its release week,[20] while Elle listed it as one of the best tracks released in August 2024.[17] Vogue included it on its year-end unranked list of the best songs released in 2024, and Borelli-Persson expressed his desire to "chant along" to the song at Magdalena Bay's tour.[16] Rolling Stone ranked it at number 92 on its year-end list; Jon Blistein believed that the song includes "everything great" from Magdalena Bay's music, naming the hook and songwriting.[21]

Personnel

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The credits shown below are adapted from Apple Music.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Bell, Kaelen (May 28, 2024). "Magdalena Bay Return with New Song "Death & Romance"". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on December 27, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  2. ^ Kelly, Tyler Damara (July 11, 2024). "Magdalena Bay announce their second album, Imaginal Disk". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on January 14, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  3. ^ Redfern, Mark (August 21, 2024). "Magdalena Bay Share Trippy Video New Song "That's My Floor"". Under the Radar. Archived from the original on January 18, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  4. ^ Pappis, Konstantinos (August 21, 2024). "Magdalena Bay Share New Single 'That's My Floor". Our Culture Mag. Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  5. ^ LeBlanc, Kevin (August 23, 2024). "Sabrina Carpenter At Her Cheekiest & 7 Other New Songs Out This Week". Nylon. Archived from the original on December 16, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  6. ^ Firth, Abigail. "Magdalena Bay bring to life the bonkers story of 'Imaginal Disk' at London's HERE at Outernet". Dork. Archived from the original on December 18, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  7. ^ England, Adam (November 16, 2024). "Magdalena Bay's experimental prog pop never fails to enthral on their debut UK tour". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  8. ^ Magdalena Bay (2024). Imaginal Disk (booklet). Mom + Pop.
  9. ^ a b "Imaginal Disk — Album by Magdalena Bay". Apple Music (US). Archived from the original on December 7, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  10. ^ a b Sawdey, Evan (December 11, 2024). "The 80 Best Albums of 2024". PopMatters. Archived from the original on December 11, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  11. ^ a b Robinson, Otis (August 21, 2024). "Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk Review: A Time Capsule of Post-Internet Existentialism". NME. Archived from the original on August 26, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  12. ^ a b Sawdey, Evan (August 26, 2024). "Let the Bees Do Their Buzz: Spinning the 'Imaginal Disk' with Magdalena Bay". Spin. Archived from the original on August 26, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  13. ^ a b c Seip, Nick (August 19, 2024). "Magdalena Bay Imaginal Disk Review: Everything Everywhere All at Once". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on August 22, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  14. ^ Kim, Matthew (August 22, 2024). "Magdalena Bay: Imaginal Disk Review – Creative Pop". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on August 24, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  15. ^ Campbell, Caleb (August 22, 2024). "Magdalena Bay: Imaginal Disk". Under the Radar. Archived from the original on January 18, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  16. ^ a b Borelli-Persson, Laird. "The 24 Best Songs of 2024, According to Vogue Editors". Vogue. Archived from the original on January 20, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  17. ^ a b Gonzales, Erica (September 3, 2024). "The Best New Songs We Heard in August". Elle. Archived from the original on January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  18. ^ Newstead, Al (August 27, 2024). "Sabrina Carpenter's new album Short n' Sweet leads this week's best new music releases". ABC News. Archived from the original on January 18, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  19. ^ D'Souza, Shaad (August 23, 2024). "Sound Off: 10 Songs You Need to Hear Now". Paper. Archived from the original on September 13, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  20. ^ Redfern, Mark (August 23, 2024). "10 Best Songs of the Week: Magdalena Bay, Blondshell, Geordie Greep, Amyl and The Sniffers, and More". Under the Radar. Archived from the original on January 18, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  21. ^ Blistein, Jon (December 3, 2024). "The 100 Best Songs of 2024". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.

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