Electric Tickle Machine : Blew It Again

<img src="http://www.qromag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/electricticklemachineblew.jpg" alt=" " />A wild party garage-rock band that <u>actually</u> releases a good record?!? ...
8.0 Self-released
2009 

Electric Tickle Machine : Blew It Again Too often with today’s hyped-up party-garage-rock scene, those bands may put on a great show, and their crowds might go crazy, but on record, the music is found wanting.  That’s why it comes as such a shock, but a pleasant one, that Electric Tickle Machine can deliver on recording as well as live.  The band is becoming well known for going absolutely nuts live (QRO live review) in their home of Brooklyn (and Brooklyn’s already full of wild party-garage-rock bands…).  And now debut Blew It Again brings that sound to your home.

Okay, Blew can’t bring the wild antics into your living room, but still definitely stands on its own.  As opposed to the lo-fi laziness that characterizes much of today’s garage-rock, Electric Tickle Machine actually try adding & improving their music (though a likely limited production budget meant they couldn’t go too far) – without losing the fun.  The country-garage-road of the title track, "Ask Me Anything" and "Honest Injun" keeps the party going without feeling forced, while "Bones" and "Part of Me" go over-the-top in the fun, but brings the listener along.

Blew does have a few sadder songs, like the stripped "Find a Home" and the sweet "Fast Train", plus short remove-reverbed coda "Tongues of Fire", and it’s good that Electric Tickle Machine doesn’t stick to one just one script, especially as a marker for growth in the future.  But it’s the party where the band makes its name, on stage or now in your home.

MP3 Stream: "Part of Me"

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