Critical reception Professional ratings Review scores The countdown began on September 28, with the release of "Incredible Machine" and continued with "Wide Open" being released on October 5, and "Little Miss" being released on October 12. Prior to the release of the album, three promotional singles were released exclusively on Apple's iTunes Store as a "Countdown To: The Incredible Machine". So the album itself reaches a little bit further to each of the new parts of who we are and our influences and the places that we love and was inspired kind of forwards and backwards by the development of the show at the same time".
Bush commented saying, "We have this real interesting moment - that I'm not sure it happens a lot of the time in your career - where we were making an album, but at the same time, we were completely redesigning our presentation of our music. Basically, it's based on the concept of 'if' during the Victorian era and the age of inventionism, If instead of moving and evolving toward the cyber-world that we're in now - with plastic and computer and silicon chips - what if we just kept it really romantic and organic and made it about steam engines and machines? So this, visually, was a beautiful launching pad for us and also the metaphors that can come from it". Nettles also explained their reasoning behind the theme, saying "It started out as a literary movement in the '80s. The theme of the tour is inspired by steampunk, a style described by The New York Times as "a subculture that is the aesthetic expression of a time-traveling fantasy world, one that embraces music, film, design and. The tour visited 63 cities through October 2010. In promotion of the album, the duo began "The Incredible Machine Tour", which kicked off in Primm, Nevada on April 23. AllMusic critic Thom Jurek felt that the album also borrowed from Joshua Tree-period U2, and post- New Gold Dream era Simple Minds. Influences were drawn from English electronic group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), progressive rock musician Peter Gabriel, and the hair metal genre. So, especially now, it's a super fertile time in country music to allow it to grow". We want to explore new territory and allow the genre to grow because, as we all know, if we don't grow we stagnate. And then some of us, like Kristian and myself, are more of the pioneers. Some are more of the traditionalists, and I think that's great. There are different artists who musically end up following different paths. I'm always satisfied, but I don't know that I'll ever be complacent. stretching ourselves to see who else we can bring into the country world and who else we can speak to. Nettles continued saying, "As artists, we are always wanting to better ourselves and to develop our craft and to get better at not only reaching the human heart, but at. "We had such a good time writing this record because we really allowed ourselves to play". Production and influences ĭuring the recording of the album, Nettles and Bush had fun because they kept things loose in the studio and in the songwriting. Entertainment Weekly described the track "Wide Open" as "a propulsive rocker", and "Stand Up" as "pure inspiration in two-part harmony". īlake Boldt of Engine 145 described the first single, " Stuck Like Glue", as "A catchy twang-pop package" and that is "a fun mixture of accordion and mandolin, is a hooky earworm that begins to zero in on Sugarland’s vision of the musical future". We wanted something fun, a visual aesthetic to be inspired by. Nettles apologized about the confusion in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, saying "That's really our fault for the way that we explained it, to be honest. This description led fans and critics to believe that the album would have "steam engine sounds", and would also be a sharp deviation from the uptempo country for which they're known. Nettles described it (emotionally) "as bungee jumping and eating chocolate cake, It's terrifying and gratifying, all at the same time". In many interviews leading up to its release, both Nettles and Bush described the new album as "steampunk movement", best described as a branch of science fiction that imagines a world where humans evolved intellectually, but technology remained set in Victorian times.
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