'Ships To Sink', Adding Machine's debut single, released 23/09/13 - www.addingmachine.bandcamp.com

https://vimeo.com/74001821

Written by Hazel Mills, TJ Allen, Greg Stoddard and Andy Sutor. 

Recorded & mixed by TJ Allen @ J&J Studios, Bristol 
Mastered by Shaun Joseph @ Optimum Mastering 

Ships To Sink

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Hazel Mills is a Bristol-based musician/songwriter who has toured the globe across multiple genres, with artists including Florence + The Machine, Dave Rowntree (Blur), Goldfrapp, Birdy, Hannah Peel and The Will Gregory Moog Ensemble. Her Classical background, pop sensibilities and passion for 1960s American minimalism and analog synths feed into both her performance and her writing. 

Alongside her touring commitments, Hazel has been writing material for her own forthcoming project, Violaine, with long-term collaborator and producer/musician TJ Allen (Bat For Lashes, Portishead, Anna Calvi). The music of Violaine evolved from her former post-punk band, Adding Machine, and also draws influence from Musique Concrete, 80s pop, and the music of Japanese pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Adding Machine is a Bristol based four-piece formed early in 2011 by Hazel Mills, Greg Stoddard, Andy Sutor and TJ Allen. Early Cocteau guitar shrieks, pulsing John Carpenter-eque synths and Silver Apples-inspired rhythms writhe beneath macabre-pop tales, bridging the gap between hauntingly danceable and abrasively mesmerizing.

The band stemmed from the solo project of @hazel-mills (musician/song-writer who has also worked with Roxy Music's Andy Mackay, Goldfrapp's Will Gregory, and Mark Ayres from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop). Adding Machine are currently playing live as a temporary trio, while TJ Allen is off touring as a member of Bat For Lashes’ live band. On his return in September, the four of them will be recording new material with Portishead’s Adrian Utley at the helm.
