- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Rain Machine
Album: Rain Machine
Label: Anti-Records
Playtime: 60:48 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.myspace.com/rainmachinemusic
Rip date: 2009-09-21
Street date: 2009-09-22
Size: 83.00 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 184 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Kyp Malone contributed and collaborated on some of the finest songs in TV on
the Radio's body of work when he joined the band for their debut album,
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes. Likewise, he helped take Iran's third
album, Dissolver, in a very different direction than the group's earlier
work. Though he's been a distinctive presence in both of those bands, Rain
Machine is his first solo project, and it's truly solo: Malone plays nearly
all of the instruments, and he pursues the sounds and themes he's explored
with his other projects more intensely. This is some of the most eclectic
music Malone has been involved in ù which is saying something, since TV on
the Radio spans funk, dream pop, and driving rock, among other things, and
Iran dabbles in everything from noise to indie pop. Touches of those sounds
pop up on Rain Machine: "Give Blood"'s fuzzed-out surge, "Hold You Holy"'s
spirituality and sensuality, and "Smiling Black Faces"' mix of gospel-tinged
warmth and political awareness (it mentions the 2006 murder of Sean Bell by
off-duty New York City policemen) could easily hold their own on a TV on the
Radio album. However, these songs are a little looser than the fare that
usually appears on his other bands' releases, and Rain Machine only gets more
expansive and experimental as it unfolds. Often, the results are stunning:
the acoustic excursions "Driftwood Heart" and "Winter Song" are part
bluegrass and part Eastern mantra, and unlike any music he has released
elsewhere. Occasionally, Malone's freedom to do whatever he wants gets a
little indulgent, as on "Love Won't Save You," a nearly eight-minute litany
of people, places, and concepts that don't offer salvation. Regardless, Rain
Machine gives Malone an appealingly mellow yet resolutely independent
identity for his solo music; even if it may not be for fans of his other
projects' more accessible material, it's nice to hear a full album of what he
can do on his own.
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01. Intro ( 1:02)
02. Give Blood ( 3:25)
03. New Last Name ( 3:50)
04. Smiling Black Faces ( 6:21)
05. Driftwood Heart ( 5:00)
06. Hold You Holy ( 5:11)
07. Desperate Bitch ( 8:45)
08. Love Won't Save You ( 7:56)
09. Free Ride ( 3:59)
10. Leave The Lights On ( 4:22)
11. Winter Song (10:57)
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