Beautiful Small Machines

This band’s EP was literally so cute that if I’d tried not to share it, it’s quite possible Care Bears would have come to my front door and beaten me up with a rainbow. Mind you, cute isn’t usually that strong a motivator for me to post something. I don’t send mass emails with videos of puppies changing the channel on the TV, or pictures of babies wearing funny hats, or animated gifs of squirrels in a chorus line. I enjoy cute as much as the next guy – which is probably more than most guys will admit – but it’s easy to OD on it.

Beautiful Small Machines have a lot more than cute going for them, fortunately, so they’ll never end up in my spam folder. It’s a bit like Grandaddy, The Postal Service and The Ting Tings forming a super band. It’s all young love, heartbreak and robots, at times incredibly nerdy/silly (name checks go out to Aqua Teen Hunger Force and the SciFi channel) but always endearing. It’s undeniably defrosted this jaded blogger’s heart, that’s for sure.

BSM are a duo consisting of Bree Sharp on vocals and Don DiLego on production duties. The partnership has created some absolutely enchanting lo-fi sci-fi art-pop. Try to make sense of all those hyphens! The band make use of a variety of sounds & instruments beyond the typical bleeps and bloops of electropop, which certainly elevates it beyond your typical machinery-inspired outfits. They’ve managed to instantly win me over. Download 2 samplings from their debut Robot Love EP below, but be prepared for mushy feelings to ensue!

Beautiful Small Machines – Robots in Love
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Beautiful Small Machines – Superconductor
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