Goodness Gracious, by Sunbeam Sound Machine

Goodness Gracious

by Sunbeam Sound Machine

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mathyoo amazing vibes from this album thank you so much nick Favorite track: Silent Era.

agutterfan Superb & sunny pysche-pop, the album's ambition heralded by the opening "Heart Strings" with its backward tapes & gorgeous synth strings, which is followed by 10 tracks that perfectly capture "that striped sunlight sound". Favourite track is a toss up between "Talking Distance" with its garage band guitar opening & snare, and "Hold Me Back", which ends with stunningly beautiful ascending synth strings. A put on your headphones & chill out on a warm summer evening delight. Favorite track: Talking Distance.

Fabio Viola If these sounds were a material they would be memory foam. You lay on them and they will make you comfortable. Favorite track: Other Kindness.

Crash M One of the most underrated albums this year. Deceptively simple psych-pop that does everything right. Play it quiet for a breezy listen or play it loud and lose yourself in layers of guitar & synth texture. Lyrics are beautifully poignant too. Favorite track: Hold Me Back.

Chris Thomas Simply a beautiful album Favorite track: Mind You.

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1.	Heart Strings 01:29	buy track
2.	Anyway, Anyway 04:18	buy track
3.	Talking Distance 04:09	buy track
4.	Elsewhere 02:47	buy track
5.	Seems Like You've Made Up Your Mind 02:57	buy track
6.	Hold Me Back 03:36	buy track
7.	Mu 04:20	buy track
8.	Mind You 04:13	buy track
9.	Silent Era 04:31	buy track
10.	Tru Love 04:13	buy track
11.	Other Kindness 03:51	buy track

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Following on from 2014’s acclaimed debut Wonderer, Sunbeam Sound Machine’s second LP Goodness Gracious is out Friday May 3rd through Dot Dash/Remote Control Records.

The recording project of Melbourne-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Nick Sowersby, Sunbeam Sound Machine first garnered attention for 2013’s One/Sunbeam Sound Machine double-EP, before Wonderer received widespread acclaim, leading to nationwide touring in Australia and the US with Sowersby’s 5-piece live outfit.

Goodness Gracious is a self-produced affair, written, recorded and mixed by Sowersby in his home studio before being mastered by John Lee (Laura Jean, Lost Animal, Totally Mild) at Phaedra Studios. Sonically, Goodness Gracious trades in Wonderer’s experimental headphone psychedelia for something at once more intimate and expansive, full to the brim with chiming guitars, glittering loops and warped, cinematic strings.

Sowersby says of Goodness Gracious: “I began working on this album in an exploratory way, recording for recording’s sake until an album began to naturally take form. Along the way I found some sounds that it feels like I’ve been hearing in my head for years. The result is 11 songs that document a period of change, about what we look to for guidance, comfort and stability in uncertain times”

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released May 3, 2019

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Sunbeam Sound Machine Melbourne, Australia

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Possum

Oct 2022
Goodness Gracious

May 2019
Worry Wart

Jun 2020
Wonderer

Nov 2014
Cloudbreaks/Getting Young 7"

Sep 2015
Real Life

Sep 2014
Wonderer

Nov 2014
One (EP)

Nov 2013
Self Titled (EP)

Nov 2013

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