Inner Magic (ex Chromatics / Smashing Pumpkins) share debut single ft Ruth Radelet + Spacemen 3 cover

Inner Magic is the duo of former Chromatics guitarist Adam Miller and former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder. They met in 2024 and bonded over their love of ’80s UK indie legends Felt, krautrock and the Vinnie Vincent Invasion, and then decided they should make music together.

“Collaborating with Jeff is like a musical conversation where we are continually bouncing and building ideas off of each other,” says Miller. “We tend to spend just as much time drinking coffee, talking about books, and artists we love as we do working on music. But when we get to working, ideas quickly materialize out of thin air and the music that happens just feels right.”

Schroeder adds, “After leaving Smashing Pumpkins I felt I had reached the end of me working within the framework of a band. Finding true artistic chemistry with others has to happen naturally and can be rather elusive. Fortunately, this hasn’t been the case. Working with Adam over the last year has been one of the happiest musical periods of my life and I’m thrilled to begin sharing our music with others.”

Inner Magic have shared their debut single today, “Underground,” a nice bit of gentle dreampop featuring Miller and his old Chromatics bandmate Ruth Radelet sharing lead vocals. The b-side is a cover of Spacemen 3’s “Feelin’ Just Fine” from the J Spaceman side of Recurring.

Watch the “Underground” video and listen to “Feelin’ Just Fine” below.