Mike Szuter - Lead Vocals, Guitar
CJ Szuter - Guitar, Vocals
Rob Kley - Bass, Vocals
Charlie Smaldino - Drums

Magna-Fi plays fast, hard and melodic on "Burn Out The Stars", their debut album. Equal parts working class manifesto and furious power-pop, it's got unforgettable songs about dysfunctional relationships, misspent youth and stoned, beautiful kids. With songs that bridge the gulf between withering cynicism and bittersweet sentimentality. Produced by Paul Lani (Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, David Bowie), Burn Out The Stars masterfully combines the gravel-spitting explosiveness of power-pop with the edginess of punk.   "Basically, it's all about experience," frontman Mike Szuter says of the songs featured on Burn Out The Stars. "I don't try to write stories from a singer-songwriter kind of viewpoint, it's all our own viewpoint. Without that personal feeling, you?re just singing the notes." As evidenced by song titles like "Down In It," "This Life," "My Heaven" and "Where Did We Go Wrong,"

Magna-Fi have mastered the ambiguous, bittersweet language of modern life. Burn Out The Stars is the album for everyone that has ever loved and hated their hometown, their school, their job, or their significant other. In short, Burn Out The Stars is the album for YOU. Now, with the release of Burn Out The Stars, the members of Magna-Fi officially unleash their empassioned rock 'n' roll sound on an unsuspecting world. Tracks like "Ex-OK" and "Drown" achieve an emotionalism that has often eluded rock, while tunes like "When I Leave You," "This Life," "Down In It" and "Beautiful" paint compelling portraits of innocents caught in the undertow of their own regrets. As Mike Szuter sings in "This Life": "I've grown to hate this life, everything that I can't make right ... all the dreams I can't let go/ every time that I should have known ... don't want to hate this life..." A similarly keen lyricism underscores "Where Did We Go Wrong." Bolstered by Mike Szuter's unabashed vocals, CJ Szuter's breakneck guitar and Rob Kley's and Charlie Smaldino's provocative rhythms, "Where Did We Go Wrong" is the sort of high-octane rock anthem that might actually improve your car's performance. The lyrics - a testament to the practice of serious avoidance techniques - explore the adversarial nature of relationships as evidenced in: "You and I were enemies in another life ... I don't want your sympathy."

Like many Magna-Fi songs, "Where Did We Go Wrong" possesses a sharp candor that cuts far beneath the surface. "I don't know anybody that hasn't had doubts regarding the direction their life has taken at one time or another," Szuter says. "The people who say ‘I wouldn't change a thing’ are not living. Mistakes are part of it. The ups and downs are what make life interesting." Just like the endearing anti-heroes that populate their songs, the members of Magna-Fi continue to defy expectations. Resisting pop trendiness, the band has created an honest album that flies in the face of conformity. "To me, music is supposed to be about venting and making you feel better," Szuter says. "Everytime we go on stage, we're venting and that translates into people saying, 'yeah, I can relate to that.' To know that someone else can relate their feelings to our songs is a great experience."