The Secret Machines

Ten Silver Drops

[4/5] The Secret Machines’ heartbeat lies deep within drummer Josh Garza’s mighty rhythms, a series of concentrated cannon blasts with John Bonham in one stick and the robotic pulse of Neu! in the other. And with Garza’s big-bottomed percussion anchoring their psychedelic explorations of spatial navigation, brothers Ben and Brandon Curtis are free to rawk out to infinity and beyond throughout the band’s second proper album, Ten Silver Drops. “Maybe there’s a world that’s still invisible/a murmur coming from the stars,” coos Brandon in “I Want To Know,” in an arc of hope that balances the brooding vein of paranoia in the rumbling “Daddy’s In The Doldrums” and the confectionary pop of “Faded Lines.” Bulky headphones and Arizona mescaline would be fitting accoutrements on this thrilling trip to the sold-out stadiums of inner space, so by the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth, punch your ticket now.
(REPRISE) Erick Haight