Wave Machines

12th August 2009

This post was written by Benji

Liverpool collective Wave Machines have released their debut proper LP Wave if You’re Really There, and boy am I excited about it! Aside from the fact that I’m near certain they will explode onto the blog scene, there’s a lot to like about Wave if You’re Really There.

Wave Machines is where The Postal Service meets Animal Collective, in both style and substance. The dreamier “You Say the Stupidest Things” is an excellent practice in creating emotive faux-minimalism, while “Carry Me Back to My Home” just wants ‘the world to know that you helped carry me back to my home’ over glazed guitars and triangles. “I Go I Go I Go” is an 80s homage ripe with fuzzy synths and enough pinball sounds and reverb to satisfy you for several days. The lead single “Keep the Lights On” will remind you of MGMT’s “Electric Feel” as the funky bass kicks along with the falsetto chorus. “The Greatest Escape We Ever Made” effervesces with 20th century wit and moxie, while the Loney, Dear-esque “I Joined the Union” rings with the delicacy of a celebratory hymn. The descending boppiness of “The Line” is as buoyant and cheery as you’ll find, only to lead in to the contrasting “Dead Horses” that sounds like its straight out of the mind and mouth of Jose Gonzalez.

So what are you waiting for? Get a copy of Wave if You’re Really There.

Download “Keep the Lights On” for free from the Wave Machines website.

Listen to “The Greatest Escape We Ever Made“

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1 On August 13th, 2009, Austin said:
This Song is the shit. You might like The Swamp by bad Fathers if your digging this.

posted on August 13th, 2009 at 7:58 pm

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