Thursday, October 29, 2009

Flying Machines

Just got turned on to a new band a couple days ago called Flying Machines. They are a New York quartet whose lead singer grew up on Queen, Billy Joel & Andrew Lloyd Weber and a lead guitarist who cites Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and The Strokes as influences. The result is a great mix of dramatic, sometimes soaring, always engaging rock.

I've included a couple songs here. One is first single, "On A Whim." It's a sublime mix of ELO's "Mister Blue Sky" piano bounce and Queen-inspired harmony and melody. "Video Games" is like a killer Keane song but amped up. I'm really enjoying their CD so far. See what you think :)