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  • Audio CD (28 Jun 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: 679
  • ASIN: B0002234H2
  • Other Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,314 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. First Wave Intact (Album Version) 9:00£0.69
Listen  2. Sad And Lonely (Album Version) 4:40Album Only
Listen  3. Leaves Are Gone (Album Version) 4:06£0.69
Listen  4. Nowhere Again (Album Version) 4:13£0.69
Listen  5. The Road Leads Where It's Led (Album Version) 4:42£0.69
Listen  6. Pharaoh's Daughter (Album Version) 5:45£0.69
Listen  7. You Are Chains (Album Version) 5:49£0.69
Listen  8. Light's On (Album Version) 3:26£0.69
Listen  9. Now Here Is Nowhere (Album Version) 8:53£0.69

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Now Here Is Nowhere comes a full three years after Secret Machines first made waves in the music scene with their mini-LP September 000, and the progression they've made in that time is enormous. On this, their full-length debut, this three-piece (brothers Brandon and Benjamin Curtis and drummer Josh Garza) work to an epic scale--album opener "First Wave Intact" is a full nine-minute psychedelic prog wig-out--conveying a sense of space that could only come from America. It's this expansiveness that defines their sound, placing them comfortably alongside bands like the Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev.

"Nowhere Again" has a driving rhythm that propels the song with a frantic energy, while guitar feedback squalls loop behind Brandon Curtis's cracked, Neil Young-esque vocals, the whole thing building towards a crescendo that's ready made for an outdoor festival. It's a highlight, sure, but Now Here Is Nowhere is an album full of them: from the singalong chorus of "The Road Leads Where It's Led" to the keyboard and drum-led "Sad and Lonely". Occasionally, as on "The Leaves Are Gone", they get too blissed-out, so that the song ends before anything has actually happened, while "You Are Chains" takes a full three minutes to get started. Generally, though, Now Here Is Nowhere hits the mark. And you can't help but admire a band confident enough to include a reprise at the end of their album. --Robert Burrow

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Opening a debut album with a sprawling, nine-minute song may not seem like a good idea for most bands, but most bands aren't the Secret Machines. As their initial opus, "First Wave Intact", reveals, the trio--consisting of Josh Garza and brothers Brandon and Benjamin Curtis--deals largely in spacious guitar riffs, atmospheric keyboard lines, and precise rhythms, making lengthy tunes an ideal setting for their sound.Clearly, the group has a fondness for both early and latter-day Pink Floyd, but this is merely one musical touchstone for their sonic amalgam. "Sad and Lonely" moves to a dirty stomp that Marc Bolan would approve, while "The Leaves Are Gone" floats along on gentle vocals and dreamy melodies that recall Slowdive. With an expansive sound that incorporates everything from Beatlesque pop to avant-rock, the Secret Machines stand out among the bands of 2004 with NOW HERE IS NOWHERE.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Prog never sounded so good, 12 Sep 2004
Secret Machines live is an amazing experience. You get taken in to the music and lose yourself completely, not finding yourself again until the very last chord has rung out. This album is just the same. From the opening track, First Wave Down, you get sucked in and completely lost. The compositions on 'Now Here is Nowhere' are spectacular, every song has a great feeling of depth, like you're totally immersed in it.
A lot of people have compared this band to the Flaming Lips, and certainly, on track 3, Leaves Are Gone, you can hear their influence. But Secret Machines is a totally different beast. Brandon Curtis's vocals are much more refined, and the different layers which make up the songs seem to hold together much better.
For me 'Now Here is Nowhere' works best as a whole, listened to from start to finish. There are no stand-out tracks, it's just a stand-out album.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Secret Machines Deliver, 16 Jun 2004
I was impressed by The Secret Machines mini-lp September 00 last year which showed promise and great inventiveness so when I saw that you could download their debut full length album from their website a couple of months ago I jumped at the chance. What a great decision that was, I honestly haven't stopped listening to it since. Their influences are pretty clear NEU!/Krautrock rhythms mixed with a My Bloody Valentine sonic attitude on an often epic scale. The progressive leap from the last record is impressive and I would strongly recommend getting this before everyone else catches on.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Secret? Not for much longer, 5 Dec 2004
Amazing. When I first bought this album, I would have given it about 3 or 4 stars. Yet I found it really grew on me, and I was singing some of the songs without even realising it. It is an album that on first listen is good (but doesn't stand out), but about third or fourth listen in you should love it, as I do.

'First Wave Intact' is a nine minute space rock (almost) singalong epic.
'Sad and Lonely' combines good singing with great tunes, and results in a brilliant song.
'Leaves are gone' is probably the worst on the album (still great though). It works best if you listen to the album as a whole.
'Nowhere again' is driven by a fantastic tune and juxtaposes well with the chilled 'leaves are gone'.
'Road leads where it's lead' has a great chorus and highlights how great the secret machines actually are.
'Pharaoh's Daughter' is excellent Pink floyd style space rock.
'You are Chains' is piano driven, and slowly builds until it becomes something amazing.
'Light's On' is the most commercial song on the album, yet still bears the distinct mark of the secret machines, and as a result is beyond excellent.
'Now here is Nowhere' can be summed up in two words: Epic, fantastic.

In other words, buy this album. It is impossible to pick highlights from it, as all the songs are just so good. Support the secret machines. Buy this fantastic record.

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5.0 out of 5 stars If Machines are the future, then plug me in....
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