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Tuesday, 21 August 2007 |
 With a voice that recalls the fragility of the Cure’s Robert Smith, Paul Isaac fronts the new South Beach quartet Spirit Machine. And in an industry in which sameness is celebrated and trends are rapidly followed, Spirit Machine manages to sound comfortably familiar and wholly uniqueno small feat. Optimistic, reaching keyboards give way to swirling guitars and Isaac’s soaring vocals on the lead track, “Futureproof”; when Isaac croons, “It’s a wonderful world,” his hopeful words make it so. “Electric Star” is ready for modern-rock radio, backed by a steady beat and pointed guitar licks. “The Things U Can’t C” is U2-like in its grandiosity: stadium-sized guitar symphonies and Bono-sounding vocals. “Habitat,” the EP’s first single, is achingly gorgeous and dreamy. Isaac’s voice is dripping honey as he sings, “You’re beautiful just like a dream to me/You show me something I want to believe.” www.spiritmachinemusic.com | Laura Hamlett |
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