The secret of the Machines is that they have an addictively fun, poundingly-heavy beat that is reminiscent of Led Zeppelin, and they have a penchant for really stretching out their compositions for texture and emphasis. It’s prog-rock without the slightest hint of twee frilliness. Road was an EP with a non-album track, “Better Bring Your Friends,” and covers of Van Morrison’s “Astral Weeks,” the Motown classic “Money (That’s What I Want)” (you decide who of the many, many artists who handled this tune they’re aping), Bob Dylan’s take on the traditional “Girl from the North Country,” and Harmonia’s “(De Luxe) Immer Wieder.” It wasn’t, of course, absolutely necessary, but certainly worth keeping in the back of your mind for those times when you just want to hear something new and fun.
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