Wave Machines - The Greatest Escape We Ever MadeWave Machines
"I talked to you on telephones we made, from tin cans we found lying in the shade"
With a ghostly pop of shape-shifting white funk, Wave Machines conjure the genre bending single The Greatest Escape We Ever Made released on Chess Club.
Alternate front men, a zither beating bass player, a drummer crowning beats with hooks from an electro vibraphone; Wave Machines produce danceable rapturous pop. At once intricate and thoughtful, but delightfully ebullient and irresistible live, their debut single I Go I Go I Go - released in June - won the endorsement of Zane Lowe, John Kennedy and Huw Stephens, plus a raft of gushing critical acclaim.
Between releases Wave Machines have been curating their own Art, Music and Literary events Wave If You're Really There; feeding their creative craving with mult-media events at their rehearsal and recording HQ, St Brides Church in Liverpool. In conjunction with Liverpudlian art-scenesters Mercy, the self-started - and now Arts Council funded - series runs on September 20th / October 20th / November 29th 2008
Forthcoming Live Dates 2008
26th Oct Liverpool, BBC Electric Proms
30th Oct London, The Elgar Room at The Royal Albert Hall
What the press are saying:
"Wave Machines have made that rare thing: an electro-pop record you can imagine James Murphy envying… I Go I Go I Go, one of the great songs of 2008" - THE SUNDAY TIMES
"Like a theme tune to a Michael Gondry animation, spiffing toy shop pop from Liverpool's best-kept secret" - NME
"Genre-jumping derring-do that leads them lushly between the Wild Beasts and early Mystery jets." - THE FLY
"Hot Chip dipped in Hot Chocolate. Polished, accomplished, budget disco." - GUARDIAN
"Box fresh from the capital of culture.....an infectious confection that recalls Hot Chip and art-rock disco demons Clor" - METRO - ONE TO WATCH
"One timeless tune after another, Wave Machines are Liverpool's best kept secret no more"- ARTROCKER
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