Immaculate Machine is the debut album from this Vancouver based trio which features Kathryn Calder, the niece of one Carl Newman. She is all over the new New Pornographers album. So carry that over into Immaculate Machine`s debut and you have a catchy, sugary pop album with male/female vocals in about equal doses. Immaculate Machine is a tight trio that sings in three-part harmonies and strangled shouts above crashing drums, catchy keyboards and electric guitar. Rotating lead vocals and songwriting contributions from all three members result in a style that is truly hard to pin down. "An impressive album and should ensure that this band has a good start to its career."-Music Emmissions. ""Indie" has never been a particularly useful term for describing an artist`s style, but if we treat it as the latest catchall name for the sound of the middle class white teenage quest for identity, then Immaculate Machine are quintessentially indie in the `05 sense. Their keyboard-driven, harmony-laden power-pop should land them OC appearances, New Porn comparisons and a modest showing on the CMJ charts, but if we take a step back from what the band is being prepackaged as, their music sounds less like Yo La Tengo than it resembles emo, grunge or ska during their hot shit periods. Rainer Maria-ish not-quite-in-tune-but-trying-damn-hard-to-be vocals immediately suggest that Immaculate Machine emphasize feeling and effort first and foremost, and will register as either charming or grating, depending on whether or not you assume the role of empathetic parent when you put on your headphones."Splendidzine. "Had I not known anything about Immaculate Machine, I likely would have thrown in a New Pornographers comparison somewhere in this review. Some of their songs almost sound like a mid-point between Carl Newman?s frenzied pop classicism and Dan Bejar?s oddball catchiness, with a slight frosting of folk rock. But knowing that keyboardist/vocalist Kathryn Calder is Newman`s niece and now a part-time Pornographer makes the comparison even harder to avoid.While being compared to one of the best pop-rock bands of the past few years is, in many respects, unfair, the best tracks on this album compare quite favorably to the Vancouver supergroup..There a certain arch, formal quality to many of the melodies on this record, which compliments Calder?s
clear vocal tone. The dense arrangements prevent any
of the songs from being too precious..All in all, a very enjoyable affair. However, at 13 songs, this is a tad long. The band definitively establishes a sound, so by the last few tracks of this disc, there isn?t quite enough variety to sustain the flow. Nevertheless, there are plenty of good songs here. I hope that Calder?s New Pornographers work does not prevent her from working with this band, as they have a bright future."-Mike Bennett, Fufkin.com. Giving indie rock a good name, Very Highly Recommended!
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