The Answering Machine Release 'Taster' Of Forthcoming New Album 'Lifeline'
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Written by Jon Stickler
The Answering Machine have unveiled the first taster of their brand new album 'Lifeline' in the form of free teaser mp3 'Animals' which you can have a listen to below.
Born into a haze of buzz and bluster in 2008, The Answering Machine dived underground to write and develop more than the handful of songs that received such fanfare before they’d even bought their own amplifiers. The critical acclaim for debut album ‘Another City, Another Sorry’ in 2009 was widespread, with their melody-heavy, fizzing indie pop songs receiving due attention across the nation’s radio airwaves too. Whilst the gigs got bigger and The Answering Machine jetted off to LA where every party with a pulse had them booked as the house-band.
Twitter was awash with Americans hyperbolising about Britain’s latest buzzing guitar exports, and after weeks of sweat and excitement, the band returned to the UK to work on album 2. 'Animals' is the first taster of 'Lifeline'. Older and wiser, but losing none of their insatiable desire for a hook and a melody, The Answering Machine describe ‘Another City, Another Sorry’ as the finest recap of their teenage years condensed into one thrilling pop record, whilst 'Lifeline' is the sound of a band maturing quickly.
Recorded and produced alone with old analogue equipment found in a skip outside their city rehearsal studios, that same space inadvertently became a makeshift recording studio (sandwiched between noisy dance rehearsals and a shabby metal band), where the band toiled and reinvented their new songs of isolation and optimism.
'Lifeline' - The Answering Machine's follow-up to last year's debut album 'Another City, Another Sorry' - is due for release in early 2011. Before that they will play a series of UK shows and then head out to Europe as support to Tokyo Police Club. Full list of tour dates are below.
21st New Slang, Kingston
22nd The Soundhouse, Leicester
26th The Deaf Institute, Manchester
27th Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London
28th King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
29th Café Drummonds, Aberdeen
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