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| Spin |
 Leaving Reprise after two commercially inert, if artistically compelling, albums and losing guitarist Ben Curtis (who founded the group with brother Brandon), this Brooklyn-based trio return like Gary Numan on a hard-rock bender. Adding electronic gurgles to heavy, prog-rock power chords, The Secret Machines recalls Rush and Black Sabbath at one end of the sonic spectrum (“The Fire Is Waiting”) and David Bowie’s spazzier, punk-era edge at the other (“Atomic Heels”). In between those far-flung atmospheric poles, the band proves they’re more than just the sum of their seamless influences, cranking out startling gems like “Last Believer, Drop Dead” and “Have I Run Out,” which throb with noise-encrusted hooks....full text |
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| Blender |
| If David Lynch were to direct a remake of the Victorian romance Wuthering Heights, he wouldn’t need to commission a soundtrack; Secret Machines have recorded it. “Underneath the Concrete” and the lead single, “Atomic Heels,” reprise the intergalactic acid rock of previous Machines records. But when Benjamin Curtis (brother of frontman Brendan) left last year, he apparently took all the psychedelic vinyl; except for the ill-advised ballad “Now You’re Gone,” the band has turned to the gothic trance of Bauhaus and Nine Inch Nails. On “Have I Run Out,” theatrical kettledrums and tense strings introduce a beautiful sense of dreamy anguish. And “The Walls Are Starting to Crack” showcases the power of their new identity as apocalypse-heralding romantics: As violent electro blips transition into harrowing voices and melodramatic piano, you can almost see Cathy running through the moors to meet, like, Kyle McLaughlin at Peniston Crag....full text |
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| Prefixmag |
Secret Machines have always known how to make an entrance. On their 2004 debut, Now Here is Nowhere, they announced themselves with the explosive nine-minute “First Wave Intact.” The remainder of the album, though never as loud or forceful, was no less urgent, combining insistent kraut rock underpinnings with Brandon (Keyboard / bass) and Benjamin Curtis’ (guitar) dense, swelling layers of sound. The Pink Floyd / Led Zeppelin reference points were tossed around with good reason.
Ten Silver Drops saw Secret Machines smoothing out the edges, to slightly decreasing returns. “Alone, Jealous and Stoned,” and “All At Once (It’s Not Important)” showed the brothers Curtis (and drummer Josh Garza) injecting their methodical space rock stomp with nuanced turns. But Drops’ standout was “Daddy’s in the Doldrums,” in many ways an extrapolation of “First Wave Intact.” It was loud, long, repetitive, hypnotic, simple, melodic, soaring. It was a high point in an album that sought (not entirely successfully) to coalesce the two predominant elements (crushing rock vs. quiet atmospherics) at the band’s aesthetic core. It was also the last full-length with Benjamin, who left in 2007 to form School of Seven Bells and was replaced by Philip Karnats....full text |
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