The Magic City is the second and final studio album from American indie rock band Helium.

[7] Its sound was influenced by psychedelic and progressive rock,[8] notably King Crimson.

[9] AllMusic called the album "a rich, colorful array of sounds ... that blends lo-fi indie-rock with '70s prog rock.

"[10] Magnet wrote: "The album is a Pet Sounds chamber-pop-meets-progressive-rock indie masterpiece, created long before any lo-fi-loving cretin would ever admit to loving Yes’ Close To The Edge, Genesis’ Nursery Cryme or watching Keith Emerson throw daggers into his eight-foot-high synthesizer.

"[6] New York Magazine praised Timony's "loopy, pensive guitar lines, deceptively offbeat song structures, and quirky vocal style.