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Wave Machines - Wave If You're Really There [Album] 'The day is wasted/If you're not wasted'. No, these aren't the opening lines from the new Babyshambles album, this is much more important than that. Right from the outset it is clear something special is going on here as the delicate tones entice you along on 'You Say The Stupidest Things' you find yourself being drawn into a world where melody, electronic beats and decent old fashioned musicianship sit easily alongside one-another. By the time second track 'I Go I Go I Go' comes to an end you are won over and smiling - or just nodding along with your hand on your chin if you're all cool and shit. This is a tune that has been released twice now - all be it a remake second time round - and deserves to have gone top 10 both times (are there still charts?). It's a damn sight more catchy than swine flu, that's for sure. Then 'Keep The Lights On' slinks into your head with its incredibly chilled summer beat and slick overlaid falsetto verses. By rights it should have you running like the Scissor Sisters are chasing, new single in hand, but doesn't. What you are doing is turning it up. Straight into 'Punk Spirit' and they've let the guitar take the lead in a thoroughly charming, thoughtful slice of tuneful wonder. The ease at which Wave Machines seem to pull this song off is remanisant of a certain other Liverpudlian band. A highlight in an already glowing collection of songs. The depth of the album is demonstrated to good effect on the title track 'Wave If You're Really There' with Wave Machines in a more vulnerable, perhaps even languid mood. It's a song to sit back and think about things to - and it doesn't really matter what you think about. That's the thing about Wave Machines - they aren't ramming anything down your throat, just creating a beautiful framework for your mind to go exploring in. 'The Line' sees the Machines back bubbling away again though. It's like one of the better Vampire Weekend numbers being attacked from the Animal Collective angle. There are also moments of euphoria on 'Carry Me Back To My Home' but the closer 'Dead Houses' has Wave Machines going back to where they started on first song 'You Say The Stupidest Things' with understated overlapping and slow building, uncluttered instrumentation. It's the perfect ending and I personally had no problem at all letting the entire album loop three times in a row. Wave Machines are not relying as heavily on technology as say, Metronomy, so are free to write a straight forward four piece song like 'Carry Me Back To My Home' or 'Punk Spirit' and not have it sound out of place amongst the other more electronic tunes. What Wave Machines have managed to create in 'Wave If You're Really There' is an album full of great ideas that are never allowed to overshadow the all important melody. This is a highly accomplished piece of work and well deserves to be the hidden gem in your record collection. We're waving, we're waving. |
Re: Wave Machines - Wave If You're Really There [Album] I need to get used to the guy's voice. |
Re: Wave Machines - Wave If You're Really There [Album] The album can take a bit of getting used to, for sure, and it will turn some people right off but that's how it goes. Actually, I meant to mention a Sleepy Jackson vibe going on in there somewhere as well too. |
Wave Machines- Wave if you're really there Liverpool is known for having a successful music scene, right from The Beatles to more recently The Zutons, however never before has Liverpool had a band that sound like this 4 piece. Wave Machines are a unique but brilliant, currently riding high in the indie world with their debut singe ‘I Go I Go I Go’ and judging by this album are set for big things. The band have produced a debut album that is eclectic in every sense of the word, if you want something to dance to, something to smooch to or even something to relax to, Wave if your’re really there encapsulates all of those styles and more. Album opener ‘You say the stupidest things’ a song about peoples and their addictions, is a repetitive confusing concoction of loops, percussion and guitar that builds and builds as instrument after instrument is added to the growing cacophony of noise, the noise however is extremely pleasant and strangely entrancing. Lead vocalist Tim Bruzon sings ‘The day is wasted if your not wasted, cos out your face is the best of places, the best of places’ Razor-sharp lyrics, the first of many fantastic lines that are scattered through the album. Debut single ‘I Go I Go I Go’ is one of the stand-out tracks on the album. A tune that takes all the best bits of commercial pop, adds a bit of the Wave Machines magic and the result is a day-glo, electronic-laden track with an uplifting rhythm that is a guaranteed to have you up and dancing. While not the most lyrically brilliant song, it would be wrong to think this was why this song was created, it’s simply about letting go and having a good time whilst doing it. ‘Punk Spirit’ is another absolute masterpiece and once again has Bruzon delivering witty lyrics as he tells of an argument ‘I broke the neck on my guitar, and told you how it’s going to be, and later when you left the room, I whispered you can fucking die’. This track deserves particular mention for the use of Bruzon’s almost Orvil the bird style falsetto vocals (listen to it, you will understand). Starting off decidedly mellow the song builds into a harmony filled dream as the band sing of how they imagine they won an argument which they actually walked away from. The also includes some rather impressive drum patterns from band member Vidar, thanks to his time spent in the Norwegian Army, during national service. For all those who are expecting some typical Liverpool indie the band do pander to that audience somewhat with album title track ‘Wave if you’re really there’ thanks only to its more prominent use of conventional drums and sounds, it is still very much Wave Machines however, and it’s fragment drum patterns and electronic chord progressions give it a serene dreamlike quality. ‘Wave if you’re really there’ is without a doubt a brilliant debut album and should secure the band a place in the hearts and minds of many music lovers world wide. The band have been making waves across the music scene for a while now yet never had quite enough to prove they had what it takes to be big. This is proof, Wave Machines are and will be the future. |
Re: Wave Machines - Wave If You're Really There [Album] Did you get hold of this yourself or through us? |
Re: Wave Machines - Wave If You're Really There [Album] Jack sent it through to me with some others at the end of last week. |
Re: Wave Machines - Wave If You're Really There [Album] Aaah right. I was just checking because Kevin Angel submitted his own version. I was just wanted to check who didn't check the list of what had been taken. It was obviously Kevin, but it's OK because it has been moved to this thread as a response. |
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Yeh man i did some super a class editing ju-jitsu moving skills :bounce: |
Re: Wave Machines - Wave If You're Really There [Album] Sadly you left it in a shit font and centred ;) |
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