But the album had a very definite dark quality to it, too. The songs all remind me of The Crow. So now, a couple years later, they come out with Gilt, which takes the dark side of the music to the extreme and leaves just about everything else behind. No more dance beats and catchy synth lines, this album's track after track of fuzzy guitar and heavy bass. The fact that they replaced half the band might have something to do with that.
Gilt is a record obsessed with addiction and pain and self-destruction.
This is a very different album from the Machines. But if you get past the shock of the new, hopefully you'll enjoy the hell out of it.