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Secret Machines

Secret Machines

Secret Machines

Third helping of alternative, psychedelic self-described ""space rock"" from the NYC trio

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6.7

Label
World's Fair
UK Release date
26/01/2009
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  1. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    The third album from this trio of self-professed space rockers finds them with a new guitarist and a new record label but the same old dedication to the whipping up of sonic storms.
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  2. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    There is an element of treading water, it's true, but not too much to hope their next record will see them moving on more stylistically. For now, though, this is still one of the best rock albums you'll hear all year.
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  3. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    This album reaffirms not just what Secret Machines believe in, but what they're best at - making accessible prog with shiny buttons.
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  4. 8.0 |   The Observer

    Big, glam and gutsy, this is progressive rock at its most endearing.
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  5. 7.2 |   Pitchfork

    Secret Machines are serious about what they do, and until more bands find ways to balance pop, prog, and booming hard rock as well as the Machines do on ""Last Believer, Drop Dead"", that pomposity can be forgiven as just part of the whole package.
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  6. 6.0 |   Scotland on Sunday

    Great swirls of prog rock that conjure images of stages swathed in dry ice as the spirit of Hawkwind is raised from the undead.
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  7. 6.0 |   The List

    Understand the value of taking their time to build a song for six minutes before sending it into interstellar overdrive. A grand trip.
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  8. 6.0 |   No Ripcord

    I’m not sure where this leaves the Machines, who can satisfy a niche for people who dig tuneful yet heavy rock grooves, if only they can get their writer’s cap screwed on a little tighter.
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  9. 6.0 |   Clash

    A natural progression given their space-rock beginnings, 'Secret Machines' finds the trio powering towards rock's premier league…
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  10. 5.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    While more complex than the average indie rock release, never threatens to blow your mind.
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