Sister Machine Gun: Metropolis
- This Metal Sky
- Desperation
- Temptation
- Think
- Living Without You
- Torque
- White Lightning
- Everything
- What Do You Want From Me
- Admit
- Bitter End
- Cut Down
Once again Sister Machine Gun has released an album that builds strongly on
previous material, yet still moves relentlessly forward into new musical arenas
in an effort to avoid remaining stagnant. "Metropolis" marks the fourth SMG
release and the first concept album attempted. In this case "Metropolis" is
frontman Chris Randall's personal interpretation of the classic science fiction
film of the same name. The album starts out with a spoken word, noise collage
reminiscent of Nicole Blackman's 'Dogma' from KMFDM's "Xtort", immediately
diving into classical SMG material by the second track. The remainder of the
album utilizes a mixture of brass instruments, drum'n'bass rhythms, club
friendly guitar usage, and the occasional ballad. Whereas the last SMG album
was deemed too far off the beaten path for the release of a single by TVT
Records, "Metropolis" incorporates just enough pop-sensibility to offer a
handful of single choices while still retaining enough experimentation to avoid
being accused of being a sell-out. "Metropolis" is by far the best SMG album
to date and should please even the most skeptical fans who were turned off by
the release of "Burn".
Sister Machine Gun is: Chris Randall
Contact:
TVT Records
23 E. 4th St.
New York, NY 10003
E-mail: smg@smg.org
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