ARTIST: Nassau
TITLE: Machines To Paradise
LABEL: Outside Music
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 229kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 39m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-10-24
RIP DATE: 2006-10-23
Track List
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1. Pounding In The Cave 4:11
2. Captain 2:08
3. Wolves Are Crying 3:36
4. Sleep 3:31
5. The Water Below 2:49
6. Desiree 3:29
7. There Are Birds 3:48
8. Epic Skeleton 3:24
9. The Perfect Place 5:45
10. Fairies 3:28
11. The Innocence Of Blonde 3:25
Release Notes:
TorontoÆs Nassau make their auspicious Outside Music debut with Machines To
Paradise, an album that stomps and swaggers, while allowing the melodies to
shine and slither. Machines To Paradise is just as psychedelic as their debut, A
Fire In The Ashes, although the bandÆs earlier sound has grown and become more
concise and confident.
Sounding as good blaring from speakers as it does seeping into your brain
through headphones, Machines To Paradise is a fantastic record born from the
mind of Jon McCann, who gained attention as the drummer for bands including
Tangiers, American Flag and Guided By Voices. In Nassau, he hands the drum
duties to Brad Pallister and takes on guitar and vocal duties. Chris McCann
joins him on guitar, while Al Kelso handles bass.
Their combined forces produce music that fires the imagination, capturing sounds
that are as eerie as they are beautiful. NobodyÆs throwback, Nassau isnÆt trying
to emulate its heroes, but uses elements of the past to create timeless music.
The band recruited Kent, Ohio producer and musician Todd Tobias to mix Machines
To Paradise. Tobias produced and mixed the last three Guided By Voices records
(Half Smiles of the Decomposed, Earthquake Glue and Universal Truths and
Cycles), as well as a bunch of GBV front man Robert PollardÆs other projects.