Artist.......: Wave Machines
Album........: Pollen
Label........: Isml/T⌠t ou Tard
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Mar-30-2013
str.date.....: 2013
quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Counting Birds 03:40
02. Ill Fit 03:14
03. I Hold Loneliness 03:00
04. Blood Will Roll 05:45
05. Home 04:36
06. Pollen 04:32
07. Unwound 04:57
08. Walk Before I Run 05:22
09. Gale 03:54
10. Sitting in a Chair, Blinking 05:46
Runtime 44:46 min
Size 73,3 MB
Release Notes:
Wave Machines are an English alternative rock band
formed in Liverpool in 2007. The band released
singles "The Greatest Escape We Ever Made" and "I
Go I Go I Go" on Chess Club Records before signing
with Neapolitan Music Limited in 2008. Three
further singles, "Keep The Lights On", a newly
recorded version of "I Go I Go I Go" and "Punk
Spirit" followed.
The band's debut album Wave If You're Really There
was released in June 2009. It received favourable
reviews from NME. Clash (magazine) and Artrocker
(magazine)
The group has performed a number live sessions on
BBC 6 Music on shows presented by Lauren Laverne,
George Lamb and Marc Riley.as well as sessions for
Huw Stephens, John Kennedy (DJ) and Rob da Bank
The band performed live at Jodrell Bank Observatory
for Jodrell Bank Live on 2 July 2011 alongside The
Flaming Lips and British Sea Power .
Wave Machines won the 9th annual Independent Music
Awards Vox Pop vote for best Dance/Electronica song
"Keep the Lights On". The video for "Keep The
Lights On" was awarded best choreography at the
2011 UK Music Video Awards.
On 28th April 2012 the band revealed a taster from
their forthcoming album Pollen called "Counting
Birds'" via their website.
On 22nd October 2012, the first single from Pollen,
"Ill Fit" was released and followed by the
announcement that the album would be released on
21st January 2013. The album was recorded
throughout 2011/12 at various locations starting at
Sphere Studios in Battersea before relocating to
Liverpool to continue at band's rehearsal room and
eventually Whitewood studios. Pollen was
co-produced by Lexxxx. It was later mixed by Lexxx
at Konk studios in Hornsey, North London.