Listen with your heart and soul, listen without prejudice and Bittersweet Machines’ fine grasp of soaring 80s pop-rock anthem aesthetics will send chills down your spine. Open your ears.
SINGLE REVIEW: BITTERSWEET MACHINES – GIRL WITH THE BEE-STUNG LIPS
I have been a fan of Bittersweet Machines (a.k.a. Matt Mocharnuk) since the first time my ears tasted the perfect beauty of his pop songs.
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2014 IN MUSIC
Only one contender for PoP Album of the Year. JPNSGRLS epitomizes the best hope for the continuing history of Rock ‘n’ Roll even as the tsunami of prefabricated pop threatens to wipe our beloved music off the face of the earth. Nothing remotely hipster-ish about Circulation and thank GOD for that! Find out why below!!
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Bittersweet Machines – “Screaming Underwater”
The new video for “Screaming Underwater” from the EP A Night Full of Sharp Edges was produced by Finn Sims (www.finnsims.com) and it is an intense and intriguing one. Check it out!
BITTERSWEET MACHINES – A NIGHT FULL OF SHARP EDGES EP
Matt Mocharnuk, the brains behind recording artist Bittersweet Machines is a songwriter with the ability to manipulate the emotions of anyone fortunate enough to listen to his musical creations. I count myself amongst this number – as I have followed Mocharnuk’s creative journey in the last couple of years and with each release, cannot help but be awed by the consistent quality of the songs found on Bittersweet Machines EPs and albums.
New EP – A Night Full of Sharp Edges – is no exception to this rule. Stylistically, Morcharnuk has moved away somewhat from the post-punk revivalist tendencies found on previous releases. The songwriting seems more organic without reliance on any particular ‘genre’. This creative decision has liberated the music to form it’s own conclusions based on the confluence of tunes and lyrics.
What remains the same is the emotional weight of the melodies, the astute use of dynamism, the appropriation of infectious hooks and riffs and ultimately the natural appeal of songs that do not need too much analysis or deep probing in order to divine their joys.
It is an absolute pleasure to move from track to track – songs like “The Longest Minute,” “Is It Enough” and “Screaming Underwater” – embellished simply by acoustic guitar and tasteful keyboards reach out to touch heart and soul, rightfully belonging to the sweet indie Brit rock epoch that birthed bands like Travis, Coldplay and Keane.
Yet another bloody essential release from Bittersweet Machines.
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