{"title":"Water Machine","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"raw-liquid-power","title":"Raw Liquid Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eWater Machine is an office romance between Hando Morice (they\/them), Flore\nde Hoog (she\/her), Jimmy Gage (he\/him) and Goda Ilgauskaitė (she\/her). An\nunassuming supergroup formed out of Glasgow institutions including Goth GF,\nPassion Pusher, Brenda and Soursob, their sound careens between punk,\ncountry and alt-rock underpinned by the unique quality they call “Raw Liquid\nPower”.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing last year’s self-titled demo tape on Gold Mold Records, and fresh off\nof shows with the likes of Holiday Ghosts, The Cool Greenhouse and The\nOrielles, as well as a rollicking Viagra Boys afterparty, the four-piece will\nrelease their highly-anticipated first studio effort ‘Raw Liquid Power’ on Upset\nThe Rhythm.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe EP opens with a menacing, modulating synth melody. Gage’s guitar\nenters with a mighty bend before breaking into the chugging rhythm of ‘Water\nMachine Pt. 2’. This timely reminder to refill your water bottle - “don’t be late,\nhydrate!” less a wellness mantra than a threat - builds to a spacey outro with\nflashes of the art-punk weirdness of Suburban Lawns. ‘Stilettos’ marches on\nindignantly with a spiky riff punctuated by Ilgauskaitė’s cowbells. Staccato talk-\nsinging tells a playful tale of stray cats following you home, but belies a darker subtext as the breakdown gives way to paranoid duelling guitars evoking The\nFire Engines.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe anti-anthem ‘At the Drive In’ skewers joyless DIY crowds, reminiscent of\nmuch-missed Glasgow punks Breakfast Muff. Water Machine’s irrepressible\nsincerity can’t help but shine through in the final moments though, as jibes\nabout “late night trade potential” give way to plaintive vocal harmonies. Morice\ntears public transport a new one on closer ‘Bussy’, a First Bus diss track\nbemoaning precarious employment amidst crumbling infrastructure. “That’s\nwhy I’m not on time!” they roar over de Hoog’s frantic, pounding bass, bringing\nthe record to a skidding, screeching halt.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upset The Rhythm","offers":[{"title":"7\"","offer_id":50525446897995,"sku":"2027341","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/UTR157_93acbd14_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728033407"},{"product_id":"god-park","title":"God Park","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlooding out of Glasgow in 2022, Water Machine quickly gained a reputation for their weird and wonky art-punk, winning hearts with sing-along songs about dogs, struggling artists and the housing crisis. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe world of Water Machine is a swirling eddy of melodic bass lines and volatile guitar sliding between jazz chords and punk riffs, all the while narrated by sardonic social commentary and silly stories. Driving rhythms thumped out on a sparse kit with cowbell flourishes are reminiscent of Beat Happening and The Jesus and Mary Chain, while cherubic vocal and violin harmonies hint at country and folk influences. A band with pop sensibilities and indignant punk urgency, these oddballs dart from sweet C86 to spiky post-punk, often within a single song.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eGod Park \u003c\/em\u003etakes disparate influences and distils the disjointed into something new. Taking influence from everywhere - from LiLiPUT to The Pastels - the tunes are always on the verge of falling apart or breaking down. Whether it’s the bubblegum pop of lead single Tiffany or the country-punk bait and switch that is Hando, their frantic genre-hopping is always underpinned with anarchic joy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn places, Water Machine’s songs do indeed echo hometown touchstones such as The Vaselines and the arty, pre-Ecstasy, Soup Dragons, plus the bands on Postcard Records. Similar to their predecessors there are affectionate nods to pop’s past. Handclaps and harmonies hark back to the ’60s. Organs grind like garage nuggets. Motown gets mutated through Rickenbacker jangle. There are Tropicalia-like touches, and bass-lines pay homage to Peter Hook. Everything on the album packs positive, punk energy. 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