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Broken Machine
Rock · 2017 · 15 tracks · 57m

Broken Machine

Nothing But Thieves

High-tension alternative rock where operatic falsetto meets industrial-edged riffs. A polished yet paranoid exploration of mental fragility and modern disconnect.

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It's like Muse and Radiohead had a baby that's having a very melodic existential crisis.

A high-tension blend of clinical precision and raw, uncontainable human emotion.

Broken Machine · vs · Nothing But Thieves
Self Examination+0.9σ

The writing leans a touch further into self examination than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks · 57m
01
I Was Just a Kid
4:31
02
Amsterdam
4:32
03
Sorry
3:34
04
Broken Machine
3:55
05
Live Like Animals
4:11
06
Soda
3:56
07
I’m Not Made by Design
3:53
08
Particles
3:56
09
Get Better
3:19
10
Hell, Yeah
3:07
11
Afterlife
4:44
12
Reset Me
3:31
13
Number 13
2:57
14
Sorry
3:34
15
Particles
3:40
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden, violent explosion of the chorus in Amsterdam after the tense, rhythmic verse.
The way the title track's beat stutters and breaks like a malfunctioning engine.
The soaring, glass-shattering falsetto peak during the bridge of I'm Not Made by Design.
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