SECRET MACHINES Secret Machines (2009 issue UK 'Special Edition' 10-track CD album - Following the departure of Ben Curtis who left to focus on his new band School of Seven Bells in 2007, his brother Brandon and drummer Josh Garza knew this didn't mean the end. Unfazed & undaunted, and having recruited ex-Tripping Daisy guitarist Phil Karnats, the Machines continued to forge ahead and carve out a new identity out of their many influences, resulting in their ambitious third album, 'Secret Machines'. This is not meant to be a nice, easily-digested album, but it's certainly a brave and expansive one. Yet for all the sonic invention on display this is a totally accessible album, a rock album that grooves, packed with infectious hooks and addictive tunes; and now comes expanded with the 2 Bonus Recordings 'Daylight, Won't Be Long' & 'Dreaming Of Dreaming'.)