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- Summary: The debut full-length release for the lead singer of ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead was written partially while on tour and traveling through Cambodia.
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- Record Label: Superball Music
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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MojoJan 20, 2016It's pleasingly dizzying, yet curiously coherent. [Feb 2016, p.98]
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Q MagazineJan 20, 2016What sounds antagonistic in premise actually proves to be a brilliant odyssey through the eclectic backwaters of Keely's imagination. [Feb 2016, p.112]
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Mar 29, 2016This album reflects its maker--a restless spirit that now and then stumbles on something special.
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Jan 22, 2016On the whole, it all helps to convey the peripatetic atmosphere that flows through these two dozen tunes. At the same time, it means the album feels less complete and whole than most ...Trail Of Dead records, but there are moments, such as closer Before The Swim, where it shines bold and bright.
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Jan 28, 2016The ephemerality of Original Machines assures that Keely never gets bogged down in any bad ideas, but often times, those are his most interesting ideas.
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Jan 20, 2016You could view these 24 tracks as value for money but Original Machines is an overwhelming and inconsistent listen; less a professionally-minded album, per se, than a sheer outpouring of the entire Keely vault.
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Kerrang!Jan 20, 2016You can hear where he's heading with ideas, but, for the most part, these are more sketches than fully-formed songs. [16 Jan 2016, p.52]