The Machine Room
Band’s biog:
Recently appearing on Vic Galloway’s ‘Ones to Watch’ list for 2012, The Machine Room are already regarded as one of the most exciting bands to arrive on the Edinburgh music scene of late, influenced equally by the succinct and bittersweet rhythms of New Order and the jangly Pre- Britpop wonder of The House of Love. They are ethereal, vulnerable and strikingly pop all at once. Retro pads, modern arpeggios, hooky bass and beautiful guitar lines set the backdrop for John Bryden’s falsetto delivery of lyrical honesty, packing a brutal love punch.
With a live session for BBC Radio 1 Introducing in the can, support slots with Ghostpoet, The Heartbreaks and Twin Sister, and debut EP ‘Love from a Distance’ released on March 5th, it would appear that The Machine Room are a band answering all the right questions and are a definite one to watch for 2012.
‘The Machine Room are all about strong, hook-driven songwriting backed up by expertly textured arrangements and varied and danceable rhythms.’ (The Scotsman, Radar blog)
‘This five-piece are very much in their infancy but already sound incredibly self-assured, and their beguiling mix of understated melodic pop and hazy electronica is particularly enthralling’
(This Is Fake DIY)
‘There’s a strangely appealing weft and weave in their music, where the strict rhythms bow to an indie sensibility, and vice-versa. A pleasant, epic-sounding curio.’ (Joe Sparrow, A New Band A Day)
