New Secret Machines

cool!

s/t album very much underrated, underexposed...a real shame, because they've still got something to give

you mean their first ep thing? If so, then very much agree. Loved this. Now here is.. was a major disappointment afaiwc.

nono, i mean their recent s/t album. still haven't heard september 000

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 saw them live in 2004ish and they blowed my mind.

Now Here will have a special transition-to-college place in my hart.

I saw them live in 2004ish and they blowed my mind.

Interpol tour?

yessir

I was there too!

get dressed eeeeeasy on your evening chest.

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

New single out now. I like it!

What's the title? Where can i find?

Do they have anything else like "Lightning Blue Eyes?" I think it's their best song, but I haven't heard all their stuff.

What's the title? Where can i find?

It's on iTunes, or listen to it here: http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=122&p=7925

thx

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.

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!

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/

hello bb.

i did worry about posting this cos of your 'connection' to the groove.

(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!))

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.

there is some excellent motorik on the debut album

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.

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?

Now Here is Nowhere is awesome.

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.

You can vote for a vinyl reissue here http://runoutgroovevinyl.com/now-here-is-nowhere-2lp.html

Expanded reissue of Ten Silver Drops on the way - https://shop.runoutgroovevinyl.com/ten-silver-drops-expanded-edition-1.html

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.

i love ten silver drops so much

its closing track is secretly one of the best coldplayish ballads of the 00s

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

the biggest secret machines secret is that the s/t album, made without benjamin curtis, is actually quite good

otm. they nail the motorik on a few of the debut's epics

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.

Weren’t they overlooked at the time too? Idk.

Yeah, maybe so.

i love ten silver drops so much

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Not sure if it's mentioned upthread, but some members were in UFOFU & that record is a lot of 90s hooky rock fun, too.

New live record out now, from 2006. Glad I saw them on that tour...what a great band they were.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bQOdHcobMs

what

whut!?!

huh!

Awake in the Brain Chamber is an excellent title

From AVClub, where it premiered:

It’s been far too long since we’ve heard from Secret Machines. After three excellent albums that blended haunting shoegaze, driving krautrock, and arena-ready anthemic bombast, the group quietly went its separate ways in 2010 without any formal announcement that it was taking a break. But throughout the previous decade, founding member Brandon Curtis was working on material that would eventually become Awake In The Brain Chamber, the group’s latest album and its first new music in ten years. That music begins seeing the light of day as of now, with the record’s first single, “Talos’ Corpse,” available to hear below, exclusively at The A.V. Club.

The first single finds the band employing its signature stately rhythms in service of a bright arrangement of synth and warm backing vocal patterns. “This song, for me, has the sonic vibe of Tubeway Army meeting up with John Bonham in a dark alley in the late ’70s, after seeing a Bowie concert in Paris,” says Machines’ drummer, Josh Garza. The refrain echoes an encouraging plea, alternating “I want to give, give up” with its immediate retort of “but don’t give, give up,” an inspired couplet from singer Brandon Curtis, whose distinctive baritone rasp has always anchored the group’s sound, here getting even lower in his register than usual during the verses. “I am hopeful,” he tells The A.V. Club about the song. “Ultimately, that is how I would like to describe the song. I think there are obvious influences, and we can quibble about this or that. But the vibe is hope.”

The upcoming record, composed and reworked obsessively over the past decade, bears all the classic influences of the band, including the input of Benjamin Curtis, Brandon’s brother and the band’s original guitarist, who passed away from cancer in 2013. Curtis and Garza both took pains to retain Benjamin’s influence on the final versions of the tracks, as a “sort of living tribute” to their beloved former bandmate. “I have been living with some of these songs for a long time,” Brandon says of the album. “They have witnessed a bunch of stuff that has happened in my life, the world, and so on. I feel like they are the better for it. To me the songs represent a time before, during, and after. I guess I am excited to watch these songs go out into the world and blend with other peoples’ lives. To let them be a part of some new stories.”

Ten years is a long time to work on a collection of songs, and Curtis acknowledges that he can be a bit of a perfectionist, yet also knows eventually it’s time to let go. “Ever since quarantine I’ve been cooking a lot, and I’ve found that I’m the kind of person who will play with a recipe forever. You know, sometimes things are done when the dish tastes right, and sometimes it’s just time to eat.” Listeners can feast on the sounds of Awake In The Brain Chamber when it’s released on August 21. The record is available for pre-order now.

doesn't have their usual pep but as with the previous album, hopefully there are a few tracks good enough to justify it