Taken from LP "Machine Is My Animal" (2010)

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Machine Is My Animal

‘The Momentary Mask’ signals the triumphant return of trans-Pacific dream pop/shoegaze
trio City of Satellites; their first release of new material since 2009’s critically acclaimed
‘Machine Is My Animal’. The EP represents the first in a promised series of new works from
the group to be released throughout the coming year.

This 17-minute collection of 4 new tracks see the trio stride boldly in a refreshing and
ambitious new direction while distilling their melodic sophistication and depth of sonic
composition further beyond that typically present in today’s rock music. Tighter structures
and newly succinct arrangements form the fabric throughout which the City of Satellites
weave their signature glacial atmospherics, shimmery guitars, celestial vocals and potent
rhythms.

Plastic Love Progression

City of Satellites is a dream pop/shoegaze trio whose members are divided geographically between Australia and the USA. Jarrod Manuel (vocals, guitars, synthesizers) is based in Adelaide, Australia; Thomas Diakomichalis (drums, synthesizers and production) is based in New York City, USA; Drew Sullivan (guitars, synthesizers and production) is based in Spokane, USA.

City of Satellites’ hook-laden, cinematically-inspired music showcases an effortless and heavily seductive blend of acoustic, electronic and human sounds; shimmering guitars and vaporous synthesizer tapestries creep in like the darkness across a desolate metropolis; ice-laden drums snap and pulse, often breaking songs apart only to rebuild them like some kind of experimental toy robot. All the while, syrupy sweet, abstract vocal passages are whispered to the listener, intoxicating melodies behaving like bridges throughout a beautiful cosmic playground.

In reviews of their material, critics have likened City of Satellites’ sound to artists such as Cocteau Twins, Goldfrapp, M83, OMD, Jeff Buckley, The Eurythmics, Erasure, Depeche Mode, The XX, Bat For Lashes, Aphex Twin, Talk Talk, Breathless, Bark Psychosis, Black Cab, Japan, Phil Collins, The Paradise Motel, Durutti Column, My Bloody Valentine, Scritti Politti, Ecstasy of Saint Theresa, Labradford, Chapterhouse, Slowdive, and Mew.

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