Neu Sun Machine

Giant, festival anthems stomped on by a foggy filter. These triumphalists wear a constant smile.

Words: Jamie Milton
28th April 2014

Name

: Sun Machine
Based: London
Listen: Soundcloud.com/wearesunmachine
Similar to: Childhood, Superfood

There’s a strange sense of rejoice to Sun Machine’s de-calming clatter. They’re a band that always sound like they’re out celebrating - what, exactly, they’ve got to be so pleased about is less certain. There’s no laddish ulterior motive behind their tunes, but this isn’t traditional flag-waving fare, even if it’s essentially built from the ground up for giant festivals.

Recent track ‘Wild Heart’ is a series of progressive steps. When foot-stomping rambunctiousness isn’t enough in their book, shades of Britpop collide with a hushed, Primal Scream-style of delivery. On debut ‘Have You Seen It, It’s Alive’, storming riffs burst out with zero grace - just a grand, overseeing sense of being high and mighty. Stoner anthems? Sun Machine seem to be responsible for these. But there’s more to them, with several shades yet to be exposed.

Sun Machine play this year’s Liverpool Sound City, 1st May at the East Villa Arts Club.