Hey all,
Loooooooooong-time lurker on the forum, finally decided to jump into the mix from time to time. Thought I'd pitch in on the "Smiley Smilers Who Make Music" scene with the newest EP from my power pop/indie rock/etc. band, The Diabolical Machines.
It's called "Get Scrappy!" It's a little lower-fi and quite a bit more aggressive-sounding than our 2013 EP. You can listen to it all - and grab a digital and/or physical copy, if you're so inclined - on our Bandcamp site:
http://diabolicalmachines.bandcamp.com/album/get-scrappyFor background - we're a four-piece from Fort Worth, TX. I play organ - a 1965 Farfisa Mini-Compact, with occasional bits of Hammond on the new EP as well (I also throw a tiny dollop of overdriven electric tenor ukulele in here and there) - and do backing vocals. My lady Steph handles guitar and lead vocals. Our bassist also does some backing vocals (more now than when we recorded), and we also have drums of course. Some songs are written entirely by Steph, some entirely by me, and some we co-write.
We have a lot of '60s influence in us, both directly (from '60s bands) and indirectly (from modern bands influenced by '60s bands). Steph is a huge Monkees nerd, and I'm a huge Beach Boys/Brian Wilson nerd. Other big influences on us are Dressy Bessy, The Apples in Stereo, The New Pornographers, Guided By Voices, the various bands of the Paisley Underground, etc.
We've also got a video for the title track up on YouTube - filmed for zero budget on-the-fly while we were in Austin performing during SXSW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj3WiorSsEwTracklisting:
1. Slice & Dice
2. Get Scrappy!
3. Struck
4. Weightless
5. Artoria
Hope y'all enjoy it. Our Bandcamp also has our previous EP and our, er, non-traditional Christmas song.