Secret Machines

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“The band has always been more than our individual egos; we’re no less The Secret Machines now than we’ve ever been,” says singer/bassist/keyboardist Brandon Curtis. When his brother, guitarist/vocalist Ben Curtis, left the band to focus on his band School of Seven Bells in early 2007, Brandon and drummer Josh Garza knew this didn’t mean the end. The energy and emotion that The Secret Machines fans responded to over the last decade, and continue to seek, was intact. Rather than pull the plug, they carried on with their towering third album, Secret Machines. Longtime friend Phil Karnats, who played with Ben in the Polyphonic Spree precursor Tripping Daisy and filling in for Ben, was installed as permanent guitarist. “He’s an equal third member, musically,” says Josh, who says Karnats was a part of this record’s earliest sessions. “Ben is obviously irreplaceable,” adds Brandon, “but the transition to Phil has been very easy.” Unfazed and undaunted, and in an industry where even the smallest task can prove Sisyphean, The Secret Machines carved its own destiny. “We didn’t know what was happening with Warner,” Josh says, “but we thought if we were going to go out, we might as well go out with a bang.” In June 2007, the trio went into Manhattan’s The Magic Shop to record (and Electric Ladyland to mix). When Warner Bros. balked at getting behind a “new” band, The Secret Machines chose to self-release the new album in collaboration with World’s Fair Label Group. Josh calls it the album they’ve “always wanted to make.

Now Here Is Nowhere
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Across the Universe
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Ten Silver Drops
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September 000
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Top Tracks

1	Flying	851
2	Blue Jay Way	757
3	Nowhere Again	447
4	Atomic Heels	293
5	Last Believer, Drop Dead	285
6	Lightning Blue Eyes	274
7	Sad and Lonely	246
8	First Wave Intact	226
9	The Leaves Are Gone	191
10	All at Once (It's Not Important)	182
11	Alone, Jealous and Stoned	179
12	Now You're Gone	173
13	Underneath the Concrete	161
14	Light's On	159
15	You Are Chains	158

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Slaky311 wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

HeyZeus, this new album fucking rocks.

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ally525 wrote:
last week

"now you're gone" = <3

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lulumiami wrote:
9 days ago

Secret Machines announce Garage Band remix contest featuring "Atomic Heels" !! Check out the the GarageBand announcement in the new Promotions page, for a sneak peak of Brandon Curtis at Electric Lady Studios as he prepared the track last month. Stay tuned for complete details of the contest and exclusive video footage to follow next week !! ONLY on www.thesecretmachines.com

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lulumiami wrote:
9 days ago

Today the Secret Machines bring you an exclusive and illuminating hour-long radio interview with Josh Garza and 5 NEW SONGS from the upcoming album !! Tune in to hear Josh discussing the band's transition from a major label to their newly formed TSM Recordings, and the thrills and challenges that come with this newfound freedom. Exclusively on www.thesecretmachines.com

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TehSpiral wrote:
9 days ago

bleh, I finally found a decent leak. And it sounds great! I've been waiting for this for years now. <3

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helloor wrote:
10 days ago

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ally525 wrote:
12 days ago

so where can i hear this leak...?

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trainstobrazil_ wrote:
last month

Please use a different image if it has to be "Official" ?! This one looks bad in the library boxes...

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indieliam wrote:
last month

WOW! Amazing, amazing, new album!

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TehSpiral wrote:
last month

downloading the new album now. I liked Ten Silver Drops, but not nearly as much as the debut. I hope their latest release lives up to that one.

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tomski95 wrote:
last month

new album owns ten silver drops

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seamantis wrote:
last month

im starting to think this is there strongest record.

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Cropulis wrote:
last month

Link to Leak?

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xXcLoNeXx wrote:
last month

i think 'Now You're Gone' is my fav from the new album, at the moment...

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Jookstevens wrote:
last month

This is an incredible record, possibly my favourite SM album.

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seamantis wrote:
last month

quite enjoying the new record. last beleiver, drop dead is my fave song of the year. better than ten silver drops.

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SPINmagazine wrote:
last month

spin.com has an exclusive MP3 of "Atomic Heels" from the new album! Check it out here: http://www.spin.com/articles/exclusive-mp3-secret-machines-atomic-heels

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Jookstevens wrote:
last month

Four listens in and this is massively growing on me. Higlights are The Fire Is Waiting and Last Believe, Drop Dead.

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Acquiescence wrote:
last month

First impressions of the new one - well its definitely their most inaccessible and experimental album yet. Its impossible for me to form an opinion thus far but its uhh very weird!

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parabola87 wrote:
last month

the new album is awesome! Atomic heels is a great song!

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