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No Machine are a six piece band from London who play extremely listenable
progressive rock that’s not to heavy on your ear and not to mellow
that it makes you want to fall asleep but just in the middle. The bands
debut 5 track EP was produced by the two main men of the band the Rivers
brothers and runs at just over 20 minutes in length, the artwork of the
EP was designed and made by legendary artist Mark Wilkinson who is well
known for his artwork for Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and the Judge Dread
cartoon books.
The EP opens up with 'A Terrible Thing' which has a long sci-fi style
introduction before Joca's tinny sounding drumming comes in which is soon
followed up by some laid back guitar playing and shortly after Al Rivers’
beautiful unique vocals come in which really does make up no Machines
sound. 'A Terrible Thing' is quite a laid back song but everything about
the song is so good and listenable.
My favourite track on the EP has to be the stunning 'I Choose You' the
lyrics are quite repetitive in places but it’s easily forgiven because
of how good Al Rivers’ vocals are. Once again the music is quite
laid back but stands out really well at the same time with its catchy
groove.
The music on the whole EP is quite laid back and not to in your face,
for example 'Tell Me' features some stunning guitar playing especially
the long guitar solo half way through the song, the drum beats fit in
perfect and are not to in your face. 'The Races' is the most upbeat song
on the EP but is still quite laid back, the mixture of synths and organ
sounds really adds something extra to the song and the vocals sound better
than ever especially during the razor sharp catchy chorus. The EP closes
with 'Diamond Ring' finishing with what sounds like a choir singing till
the end.
The whole EP is really easy to get into and is the kind of music that
is perfect for chilling out to at home and also is the perfect music to
drive to due to how laid back and easy listening it is whilst maintaining
coolness. No Machine are a real band who don’t give a fuck about
image or the latest fashion but fully care about the music and you can
clearly see that in the bands debut EP as it’s full of emotion and
quite powerful without being to heavy on your ears.
I really hope we hear a lot more from these guys in the future and hopefully
sooner rather than later as I can’t wait to hear what else they
have to offer, No Machine are definitely up there as one of my top 5 bands
of 2007.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Al Rivers (Vocals)
Emil Rivers (Piano)
Fred (Guitar)
Joca (Drums)
Pedro (Bass)
Daniel (Organ, Synths) |
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1. A Terrible Thing
2. Tell Me
3. The Races
4. I Choose You
5. Diamond Ring
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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