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• Artist: Goddamn Electric Bill
• Album: Swallowed By The Machines
• Label: 99x/10
• Year of Release: 2006
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2006-11-14

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Goddamn Electric Bill get the award for the most inappropriate artist name. With a cover containing the head of a t-rex and an album titled Swallowed By The Machines I was totally under the impression this was going to be a hard rock act in the vein of Nashville Pussy. Boy, was I wrong. Goddamn Electric Bill is the monicker that Jason Torbert from San Diego records his organic electronic albums. And Goddamn if they aren't some of the best electronic songs I've heard since the likes of Boards of Canada. It's one of those surprises that I'm in this business for. When a new band or artist creeps up and grabs your attention you can't help but shout out praises. That's what Torbert needs here is praise because these bedroom recordings are fantastic. They reek of ambient jazz and such but have that electronic feel to them that make them a little different. There are a lot of different instruments (I think), on here. While I wouldn't be surprised if Swallowed By The Machines was made on Garageband (Apple's junior studio), it doesn't matter because there is enough variety on here to latch onto. The entire album makes for wonderful personal headphone time. Rarely does the music turn darn (except for "Opa"). There is a reason that Goddamn Electric Bill was nominated for a San Diego Music Award. Film producers take note: this music is screaming to be used in your movies.

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