Wax Machine Sign to Beyond Beyond is Beyond; Earthsong of Silence out March 20
Posted in Whathaveyou on December 31st, 2019 by JJ Koczan
With two 2018 EPs under their collective belt and a debut album titled Earthsong of Silence set to release on the vernal equinox, Brighton, UK, psychedelic whathaveyouists Wax Machine have inked a deal with Beyond Beyond is Beyond, whose sense of curation is, as ever, on the proverbial money. The now-UK-based outfit’s little-of-this-little-of-that sound suits them well on their past work, and the fact that they recorded their first record with Go Kurosawa from Kikagaku Moyo is bound not to hurt their cause. There’s no audio from the record yet, but the signing is still pretty newly announced and preorders start early January — I’m expecting next Monday to bring an everybody’s-back-to-work flood of press releases — so maybe at that point a song will leak out.
A recent live jam is streaming now to tide one over, and of course the two aforementioned EPs are up on Bandcamp for your casual perusal.
From the PR wire:
Introducing…Wax Machine!
Wax Machine’s debut LP “Earthsong of Silence” coming out March 20, 2020 (the vernal equinox) on Beyond Beyond is Beyond! Tunes coming soons…
Brighton’s Wax Machine are a band so steeped in the kernel of psychedelic seep that there’s every indication they may have slipped through a side door in space-time and sprouted anew a few years back on the UK coast. However, for all intents and purposes it’s best to believe that they truly sprang from the fertile mind of Brazilian-born, Italian/English-raised Lau Ro (Guitar/Vocals). Lau’s international upbringing served as the wellspring for some of the eclectic taste that informs the core of Wax Machine’s sound. On Earthsong of Silence (March 20th), that eclecticism incorporates Spiritual Jazz, Pop, Krautrock and Tropicália while filtering them all through a psychedelic lens.
On his journey Lau met up with fellow Brighton musicians and birthed Wax Machine with Isobel Jones, who adds soaring vocals and provides Wax Machine’s entrancing flute work alongside Toma Sapir who locks down a groove on the kit that keeps Earthsong of Silence from floating into the ether.
The flutes, wandering guitars, and jazz touches come rising through the mists with a guiding hand from Kikagaku Moyo’s Go Kurosawa behind the boards. With Earthsong, they add a new dimension to their sound, further exploring both their English psych-folk roots and mining a deeper appreciation for a West Coast sound dipped in sun, peace and GROOVE.
First single & pre-order coming early January. For now…
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