Barrus, you are closer, hit him with something! Hard!
― post-apocalyptic time jazz (Masonic Boom), Friday, 31 October 2008 14:02 (fifteen years ago) link
i too am fairly surprised by this revelation
― restraint and blindness (Just got offed), Friday, 31 October 2008 15:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Well I keep hearing their name but they're one of those 'oh right I suppose I should get around to them' bands to me. Lately I tend to listen more to obscure electronic/techno weirdness.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 October 2008 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought Brandon had been playing that 8-string for a while!
When I saw them a couple years ago he had a EB-2 (or something like it)
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 31 October 2008 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Lately I tend to listen more to obscure electronic/techno weirdness.
Don't want to drag this thread OT, but I'm curious to know the details ... Name names? Link threads?
― Paul in Santa Cruz, Friday, 31 October 2008 16:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Putting that on another thread would be a good idea, considering this is a SECRET MACHINES thread and Ned has never even heard them.
(grrrrrr)
― post-apocalyptic time jazz (Masonic Boom), Friday, 31 October 2008 16:13 (fifteen years ago) link
I too would like to hear more about the electro weirdness. Ned, if yr listening, have you posted a load of these to a recent purchases thread?
― restraint and blindness (Just got offed), Friday, 31 October 2008 17:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I will see what I can do when my brain is not so fogged.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 October 2008 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
cool!
― restraint and blindness (Just got offed), Friday, 31 October 2008 19:56 (fifteen years ago) link
s/t album very much underrated, underexposed...a real shame, because they've still got something to give
― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
you mean their first ep thing? If so, then very much agree. Loved this. Now here is.. was a major disappointment afaiwc.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 02:12 (fifteen years ago) link
nono, i mean their recent s/t album. still haven't heard september 000
― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 02:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I once saw Secret Machines when they were supporting ...Trail of Dead on their Source Tags & Codes tour, around 2001-2002 I suppose. They were really, really good but gave off misleading impression as to what their forthcoming albums would sound like. When I saw them they started with a 20 minute long song, one that I think was included on September 000, only this performance was just one repeating guitar line, building and building in what would now be derided as "GYBE! style". It was mindblowing. It was tough to give the full lengths they released after that a proper chance because I went into them expecting postrock builds.
― I shall always respect my elders (Z S), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 02:34 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw them live in 2004ish and they blowed my mind.
― been HOOS, where yyyou steene!? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 02:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Now Here will have a special transition-to-college place in my hart.
Interpol tour?
― ilxor, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:00 (fifteen years ago) link
yessir
― been HOOS, where yyyou steene!? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:00 (fifteen years ago) link
I was there too!
― ilxor, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:09 (fifteen years ago) link
get dressed eeeeeasy on your evening chest.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 10:09 (fifteen years ago) link
self-titled record still the one i find myself going back to, although objectively NHIN might be the better album (and certainly has the more iconic songs, at the book-ends)
but dammit 'last believer, drop dead' might be a 3rd-gen FWI rip-off rhythmically but it's so fucking amazing in every other way, and the rest of the album just works really nicely in sequence
― alien vs the smiths (country matters), Monday, 14 September 2009 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
New single out now. I like it!
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 12 February 2010 01:47 (fourteen years ago) link
What's the title? Where can i find?
― billstevejim, Friday, 12 February 2010 05:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Do they have anything else like "Lightning Blue Eyes?" I think it's their best song, but I haven't heard all their stuff.
― billstevejim, Friday, 12 February 2010 05:57 (fourteen years ago) link
It's on iTunes, or listen to it here: http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=122&p=7925
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 12 February 2010 06:02 (fourteen years ago) link
thx
― billstevejim, Friday, 12 February 2010 06:29 (fourteen years ago) link
is it too early for me to say how fucking brilliant secret machines are sounding tonight ?
hope not.
i only have 'now here .. ' and 'ten silver drops', and fuck, i am on verge of genuine tears as to the perfect spots the albums are hitting.
― mark e, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
Miss u miss u miss uuuuu u u u u u
I promised Brandon I wouldn't hate on Interpol too much right now, because they are providing a good home for Brandon right now, but jeez when I think of the things that we don't get to listen to because Brandon is off being Gillian Gilbert on yet another Interpol tour (last TSM album, Cosmicide album (Brandon's solo project) etc.) it really does make me kinda Grrrr.
But mostly missssss uuuuuuuuuuuuu
Maybe the Electric Flower Group album will hit the spot in the meantime! Read an interview with Josh today that made me hope something would be happening with that soon!
― Branwell Bell, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 21:38 (ten years ago) link
EFG news for the fans of Mr Garza: http://www.theweeklings.com/joe-daly/2014/04/07/elevator-stories-and-the-secret-of-grooving-the-return-of-electric-flower/
― Branwell Bell, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 21:40 (ten years ago) link
hello bb.
i did worry about posting this cos of your 'connection' to the groove.
― mark e, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 21:41 (ten years ago) link
(And yeah, I am being bratty; I am aware there are perfectly good reasons recently that Brandon can take as long as he needs to finish his stuff.)
((But really, I would much rather have new Curtis material than new Interpol. He is way more talented. There; I said it. Not even sorry!))
― Branwell Bell, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 21:44 (ten years ago) link
AFAIC, there's no better way to honour Benjamin's memory than to listen to his truly awe-inspiring music! This stuff is so great.
― Branwell Bell, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 21:48 (ten years ago) link
there is some excellent motorik on the debut album
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 10 April 2014 01:22 (ten years ago) link
It's my birthday and I'm listening to Now Here Is Nowhere.
This album will be 10 years old next month. Kinda wish like there was going to be a deluxe remaster special anniversary edition with bonus tracks and full colour glossy booklet etc but I guess not. Hard to think of another album released in the past 10 years that's had the same impact and long-lasting-ness.
― Branwell Bell, Thursday, 10 April 2014 07:19 (ten years ago) link
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!
http://m.noisey.vice.com/blog/cosmicide-a-new-disaster-premiere
Cosmicide - Brandon's new project. (Video is really, really visually stunning (though I'm slightly annoyed Brandon isn't in it) too - worth waiting for.)
Can't remember if I started a Cosmicide thread (probably not) or if I mentioned this on SVIIB or InterLOL threads?
― The Hauntology of Celebrity (Branwell with an N), Tuesday, 7 July 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link
Now Here is Nowhere is awesome.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 26 January 2017 19:08 (seven years ago) link
I want to say I saw them open up for interpol on this tour. I had seen Interpol at a smaller club, and came away very impressed. But Interpol following the secret machines were such a bore.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 26 January 2017 19:14 (seven years ago) link
You can vote for a vinyl reissue here http://runoutgroovevinyl.com/now-here-is-nowhere-2lp.html
― Black Arkestra, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 22:19 (seven years ago) link
Expanded reissue of Ten Silver Drops on the way - https://shop.runoutgroovevinyl.com/ten-silver-drops-expanded-edition-1.html
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 03:04 (five years ago) link
God I loved that album. Tracks 1 through 3 are a hell of a run. They were great on the tour, as I recall.
A few years back I took a hiatus from reading about music and didn't read the news about Benjamin Curtis until a year after he died. Very sad.
― Sam Weller, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 12:59 (five years ago) link
i love ten silver drops so much
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 13:39 (five years ago) link
its closing track is secretly one of the best coldplayish ballads of the 00s
― imago, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link
I'll have to listen again, because I haven't heard it since the week it came out and remembering thinking it a big step down from Now Here is Nowhere, which is not only a monster of an album but one of the best album *titles* of all time
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 13:48 (five years ago) link
the biggest secret machines secret is that the s/t album, made without benjamin curtis, is actually quite good
― imago, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 13:50 (five years ago) link
otm. they nail the motorik on a few of the debut's epics
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 15:52 (five years ago) link
That last s/t one had some great moments. It felt like they were transitioning into a different kind of band. Would have been interesting to see where they took it. Still, it’s my least favorite of theirs.
Now Here is Nowhere is the best overall album, but some of their best songs are on Ten Silver Drops, especially the aforementioned tracks 1-3 and final track. And then thebEP has the glorious “Marconi’s Radio”.
Looking back on the 00s it just seems like this band doesn’t fall nearly into the narrative of that decade, that they’re in danger of being overlooked in the long run.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
Weren’t they overlooked at the time too? Idk.
― 29 facepalms, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 16:30 (five years ago) link
Yeah, maybe so.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 00:24 (five years ago) link
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― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 October 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
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― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 October 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
Not sure if it's mentioned upthread, but some members were in UFOFU & that record is a lot of 90s hooky rock fun, too.
― BlackIronPrison, Saturday, 13 October 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link