Family Machine
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Skeletons & That
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Quiet As a Mouse
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Got It Made
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General Info
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Genre: Acoustic / Indie / Pop
Location OXFORD, Un
Profile Views: 97493
Last Login: 9/12/2012
Member Since 1/27/2006
Website www.youarethefamilymachine.com
Record Label Beard Museum
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
Family Machine are Oxford music royalty through and through. Having formed from the ashes of world beating indie heroes Medal, Family Machine have always been right at the heart of the ever thriving Oxford music scene. They are featured in an interview in recent Oxford music scene documentary 'Anyone Can Play Guitar' and remain one of movie director Jon Spira's all time favourite bands. Their track, 'Reminds Me of You', is heard over the end credits. With new single, Quiet As A Mouse, FM continue to assert their position as a leading light on the Oxford indie/folk scene. The track features a guest vocal performance from Anna Log of similarly highly regarded folk ensemble We Aeronauts. Family Machine previously released their debut album "You Are The Family Machine" and gigged extensively around the UK. The album and singles "Got It Made", "Flowers By The Roadside" and "Reminds Me Of You", were an eclectic mix of acoustic, experimental indie songs that were launched on Alcopop Records to an appreciative throng of indie journalists and gig-goers alike. Family Machine have gigged with some of the biggest names in Oxford music including Stornoway, Young Knives, Richard Walters, Gaz Coombes and played legendary sets at Truck Festival and Cornbury as well as completing several UK tours. -
Members
Jamie Hyatt - lead vox, acoustic guitar; Neil Durbridge - guitar, harmonies, toys; Darren Feller - bass, harmonies, toys; Jay Stilwell - drums, percussion, harmonies -
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Flowers By The Roadside
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REVIEWS FOR THE DEBUT ALBUM
"A perfect nugget of sultry musical wonder"
Tim Bearder, bbc.co.uk
"Acoustic guitars, bass, drums, percussion, multi-part harmonies and a sampler stuffed full of goodies... pro-community, post hedonist warped genius"
channel4.com
"Inventive indie pop"
Time Out
" Each song has a strong melody and a clear identity, this is a band that I would expect to stumble upon on a rough trade compilation, in a geeky record shop or late at night on BBC 6 Music. A band that deserves to be heard, the kind to name drop if you want to seem like you know what you're talking about. They're a modern day Bluetones, a chilled out Maccabees and a young-again Supergrass all rolled together."
Repeat Fanzine
"What the Oxford four-piece do really well is balance indestructible bubblegum with the delicate and the vulnerable... So while ‘The Do Song’ is irresistible and ‘Ko Tao’ is a summery glam stomper... ‘Burn Like Stars’ and tales of past-love like ‘Reminds Me Of You’ are stunning... Centrepiece ‘Got It Made’ allows them to really flourish"
Die Shellsuit Die!!
"an album that promotes the dreamer in all and is folk-acoustic pop gold ready to be sieved into the collection of the daring and broad-minded... The acoustic influences are appropriately attached in wide-eyed childlike naivety and create a blend of powerfully emotive songs that walk the side of raucous masculinity and poignant delicacy."
gigwise.com
"...a fantastic album of semi-acoustic pop, that can make you dance on the tables downing sangria one minute, and slump weeping into your whisky the next. Highly recommended."
oxfordbands.com
"...an album of sweet, fun pop music that carefully manages to mix emotional shifts and understated wit... a treat"
Nightshift Magazine
"A unique force to be reckoned with... perfectly harmonious, summery indie"
Martin Guttridge-Hewitt, clickmusic.com
"Family Machine - WOW... Beautifully tender... Grandiose and magical... it won't be long before this family's extended family will be increasing in numbers"
Joby Mullens, 'The Fly'
"Excuberance that makes Supergrass sound like The Cure on a wet Tuesday night in Grimsby... Is there anyone left who doesn't revere Family Machine?"
Nightshift Magazine
" 'You are the Family Machine' offers 13 tracks of fine, nuanced, eternal-sounding pop... It’s also a textural delight, from crunchy vocals and slide guitar on the glorious opener ‘Ko Tao’ and shivery four-voice harmonies on ‘The Do Song’ to a swoon-worthy whistled melody on ‘Flowers by the Roadside’."
Emily Moore, The Line Of Best Fit
"...this is the album "Road To Rouen" should have been or the type of thing Teenage Fan Club should be achieving ... A triumph."
russellsreviews.co.uk
"When Family Machine are good (which is frequently), they can break your heart and make you laugh within the space of a couple of songs... this is a promising album from yet another exciting prospect from Oxford."
musicomh.com
"Whatever your flavour, there is something on there you'll like."
glasswerk.com
You Are The Family Machine and so are these people...
Jamie - guitar, vocals, other things.
Darren - bass, vocals, different things.
Neil - electric guitar, keyboard, vocals, the knowledge and stuuf.
Jay - drums, vocals, hitting things with other things.
EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS...
Ian Davenport - Engineering, production, piano, singing, hand claps, footstamps, ace ideas.
Gavin McComb - Slide guitar, guitar, singing, production at my house, loads of love.
Barnabus Morse-Brown- Cello.
Emily Rolt- Piano.
John Bennet- Wise words and tea.
Julie Bennet- Kind words and encouragement.
Richard Willo- Lends us bits of his drum kit and is nice to us.
Richard Haines- We loved his dungeon.
SOME THINGS PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT FAMILY MACHINE
"If you put the Family Machine in your mouth they taste all fizzy and funny......."
"They made love to my ears in a sample infused urban folk dream....."
"Who? What? "
