Thinking Machines - A Complete Record of Urban Archaeology

Well I hope everyone had a good and safe New Years. With all the holiday stuff out of the way for awhile, hopefully I can get back into the swing of things around here. To kick off things for ’08 will be for a record I have been spinning quite a bit over the past week from the Philadelphia based trio of Thinking Machines. The band is prepping to release their third album and first through TMvFM Records. The album, which is called A Complete Record of Urban Archaeology, is set to come out sometime later this January or possibly early February according to the bands MySpace.

Apparently the record was originally due out this past December; however delays in production have caused it to be pushed back. Honestly I am kind of glad it did because otherwise I don’t think it would have gotten a fair shake at the year end list or anything like that. That’s always the worst thing about late December releases; they really stand no chance amongst the clamor to conjure up some sort of favorites list. Anyway, A Complete Record of Urban Archaeology is a fine record that instead of being a forgotten end of ’07 release is in fact a great way to kick of my ’08.

The album continues with the bands thick guitar crunch that manages to work in fair amount of catchy riffs while leaning heavily on a post-punk disjointedness. While their past albums occasionally had some dreamier elements, it would appear on A Complete Record of Urban Archaeology that it’s featured to a lesser degree here. However, the fuzz and distortion is still bound to leave ears ringing on this one. It’s definitely reminiscent of some the better loud guitar driven rock of the past decade.

Thinking Machines – Waste of Time [MP3]
Thinking Machines – Urban Archaeologist [MP3]

For those interested, you can stream the entire album currently at the bands page on Last.fm. And for those looking to purchase the album, that can now be done through iTunes. Enjoy!