Small Town Monsters Dream Machine, The SKU: 21.00 23.00 £21.00 - £23.00 £21.00 - £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Run On Records Released Date: 12th July 2024 Buying Format: 1LP 1LP Coloured Vinyl Buying Options Choose an option1LP1LP Coloured VinylClear Small Town Monsters quantity Add to basket ReserveBack Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Small Town Monsters, the second full-length album from The Dream Machin, is set to be released this April on Run On Records/ Modern Sky. If 2022’s critically-acclaimed debut album Thank God! It’s The Dream Machine… was their first and most wild child, then Small Town Monsters is its refined younger sibling. The psychedelia, euphoric choruses, flashes of surf guitar and B-movie references are all there, amongst the familiar reflections of life in their beloved and faded seaside town of New Brighton, but this time the wilder elements are controlled, the songs packed into three-minute pocket symphonies. Lead single Frankenstein is an anthem for the sugar-rush generation, an infectious, rattling earworm that recalls everything from haunted rockabilly to the sun-drenched melodies of Blossoms. Elsewhere on the album, the pulsating surf-stomp of Cindy’s Eyes, a small- town story of unrequited love, has a chorus to fill the most cavernous arena. Produced by The Coral’s James Skelly, the album was partially recorded at The Dream Machine’s rehearsal space, then stitched together in Skelly’s Kempston Street Studios. There’s a refined, more literary quality to singer and primary songwriter Zak McDonnell’s lyrics; explorations of everyday life, teenage doom, B-movie monsters, family turmoil, and coming-of-age tales in the familiar backdrop of life in modern Britain. Small Town Monsters is the sound of a band breaking free from the small town into the big world. Psychedelic pop with an anthemic punch, Wirral’s The Dream Machine hit their comeback stride with outrageously infectious single Frankenstein, out March 14th on Run On Records. The single is a precursor to their second full-length album, to be followed by a summer festival run including Liverpool Sound City, and their own headline tour. After 2022’s critically-acclaimed debut album Thank God! It’s The Dream Machine… a host of Radio DJs – namely Steve Lemacq and Stuart Maconie – voiced their support for the group. It led to regular plays on BBC6music and Radio X, then live support slots with established big-hitters like The Coral, The Charlatans and The Mystery Jets, before headlining their own run of gigs, ending the summer as The Lathums special guests at a sold-out Castlefield Bowl. In a year filled with highs upon highs, the band made valuable use of time spent touring, absorbing music to throw in the melting pot of new material, namely the wild energy of Fontaines DC, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Blossoms, Arcade Fire and The War On Drugs. Having grown up amongst the faded fairground glamour and beachfront arcades of their native New Brighton, Merseyside, they caught the ear of The Coral’s James Skelly while still teenagers and has been a constant influence. Skelly stepped in on full production duties for Frankenstein, recorded late last year in his own Kempston Street Studios. Singer and primary songwriter Zak McDonnell explains Frankenstein’s weird and wild origins: ‘Frankenstein is a confession of love from somebody disfigured by immaturity and misery. A helpless tale of hope and anguish. Heart to heart, man to monster. It’s a pulsing teenage freak show romance driven by desperation and despair. I wanted it to sound like Phil Spector producing the Ramones in the 80’s or a twisted take on one of the songs from Fraggle Rock’. All things considered, and with Frankenstein already garnering national airplay, 2024 promises to be The Dream Machine’s biggest year yet. Artist Dream Machine, The Genre Rock And Pop Label Run On Records Buying Options 1LP , 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Frankenstein Cindy's Eyes My Father's Son Holding On Cathedral Tonight, I've Got Heaven In My Arms Posters Of You Wind-Up Bird The Horse Wolfman Bring Back The Wonder Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Dream Machine, The and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Dream Machine, The The Dream Machine – Vol: 1-3 Compilation Rock And Pop | Modern Sky | 1LP Released 15th July 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dream Machine, The The Dream Machine – Vol: 1-3 Compilation £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Modern Sky SKU: M489UK Formats: 1LP Released Date: 15th July 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Gilbert O'Sullivan Back To front Rock And Pop | Salvo | 1LP Released 21st June 2019 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gilbert O'Sullivan Back To front £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Salvo SKU: 4050538475906 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st June 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tegan & Sara Love You to Death Rock And Pop | Vapor/Warner Bros | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th May 2016 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tegan & Sara Love You to Death £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Vapor/Warner Bros SKU: 0093624921547 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th May 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rolling Stones, The Riding The Waves Rock And Pop | London Calling | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 29th June 2018 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rolling Stones, The Riding The Waves £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: London Calling SKU: LCLPC5015 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 29th June 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fall Grotesque = After The Gramme = Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 24th November 2023 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fall Grotesque = After The Gramme = £28.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP3320C Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 24th November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Al Stewart Year Of The Cat Rock And Pop | Warner Records | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 15th May 2014 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Al Stewart Year Of The Cat £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Warner Records SKU: 0825646310838 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 15th May 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dr John Gumbo Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Includes Insert Released 29th May 2020 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dr John Gumbo £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP736 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Insert Released Date: 29th May 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Roy Orbison At The Rock House Rock And Pop | ORG | 180g, 1LP Released 28th November 2014 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Roy Orbison At The Rock House £29.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: ORG SKU: PWORGM2026LPPMI Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 28th November 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Idles Five Years of Brutalism Rock And Pop | Partisan Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 9th December 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Idles Five Years of Brutalism £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Partisan Records SKU: PTKF2155-5 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 9th December 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tortoise Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters Rock And Pop | Thrill Jockey | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 22nd April 2022 £26.00 - £29.00 Select options Tortoise Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters £26.00 - £29.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Thrill Jockey Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 22nd April 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Mazzy Star Seasons Of Your Day Rock And Pop | Rhymes of an Hour Records | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 23rd September 2013 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mazzy Star Seasons Of Your Day £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rhymes of an Hour Records SKU: RHYMES004 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 23rd September 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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