The Machine Announce Summer Release of New Album Offblast!
If you were to go back and look at the two latest posts prior to this one about Dutch trio The Machine, you’d see that it was the 2015 and 2014 most anticipated albums lists, respectively. Their fifth full-length, the title of which has been revealed to be Offblast!, has now been given June (CD) and August (LP) release dates through Elektrohasch, and arriving three years after 2012’s Calmer than You Are (review here), it serves as the longest stretch between outings The Machine have had since they made their debut with 2007’s Shadow of the Machine.
In that 2014 list linked above, I remarked that they were hosting a contest on Thee Facebooks for naming their next record and that my contribution was Come to Light, which sounded all spacey and psychedelic but was also a reference to The Big Lebowski, as was the title Calmer than You Are. They didn’t use it for the name of the album, obviously, but apparently they liked the idea well enough to use it for the final track. Very much looking forward to checking out the closer, “Come to Light,” and thanks to The Machine for the shout and giving me credit for the title.
Artwork by Jakob Skøtt of Causa Sui and details about the release follow, courtesy of the band:
You guys got teased for what is it? Over a year? We can finally give you an update about our new album, which we already dubbed our very own Chinese Democracy.
There were some technical difficulties during the mixing stage (a.k.a. the phasing phase), a number of various things had to be sorted out, band members were having babies, etc. In other words: it took a while but it’s finished. Needless to say, we’re very proud to present you the final details of Offblast!.
Although we had a lot of positive reactions after posting the April Fools version of the artwork, we still decided to proceed with Jakob Skøtt’s beautiful piece. Wait until you see the fold out vinyl cover. Speaking of vinyl: due to a popular demand for wax discs, the production time for the LP will take a couple of months. But hey, it will be summer by then so we’ll take it easy.
The Machine – Offblast!
Elektrohasch Records
CD – June 1, 2015
LP – August XX, 2015
01 – Chrysalis (J.A.M.) [16:25]
02 – Dry End [03:05]
03 – Coda Sun [05:34]
04 – Gamma [06:48]
05 – Off Course [06:36]
06 – Come To Light [12:11]
Recorded and produced again by David, we’re super happy with the final result. It is by far our best sounding album to date. And we’re most certainly not done yet.
We’re also in the middle of editing a music video for the track Coda Sun, you can expect that one within a week or two.
Oh and remember the album title contest we once had? That was just for our own fun. We already had this title. HA! JJ Koczan sort of won the thing though… Thanks for Come To Light!
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