Rain Machine (AKA Kyp Malone, AKA the guy from TV on the Radio, AKA the man with the best beard in the business) has been trickling his solo releases for a minute now. If the two songs he's released so far are anything to go by, we could be in for an incredibly good album.
'Give Blood' is a little frenetic while 'Smiling Black Faces' is emotional, epic and political with references to genocide, slave names and despair. While it's an amazing song, is not for the hungover or delicate; the majority of it sounds like a semi-defeatist protest song. Thankfully there's a call to arms and some hope at the end.
Rain Machine 'Give Blood':
Rain Machine 'Black Smiling Faces':
More at
myspace.com/rainmachinemusic.