The Answering Machine release their new single, ‘Cliffer’, on the 9th March through brand new indie label, Heist or Hit Records. It is taken from their forthcoming debut album, ‘Another City, Another Sorry’ to be released in May.
Having spent most of 2008 locked-up in remote North Yorkshire with Manic Street Preachers’ producer Dave Eringa, working on their eagerly awaited debut album, Manchester citygazers The Answering Machine return with this belting new single.
The Answering Machine - Cliffer
Retaining their trademark for gloriously affecting art-pop, ‘Cliffer’ is delivered with a confident, meatier punch and a strong call to arms for the anxieties and dilemmas of their own generation.
Diving undercover as the band’s buzz across the country reached fever pitch, The Answering Machine have bolstered their attack, doubling their beats per minute with new recruit drummer Ben Perry, placed alongside long-standing drum-machine favourite, ‘Mustafa Beat’.
The Answering Machine have also managed to find a distinct clarity in the haze of growing up within their adopted city, and lay it bare with all the confusion and isolation endured to discover it.
‘Another City, Another Sorry’ plots a path from all night parties into the dawn of youthful realisation, the steps inbetween and ultimately what comes next. If music’s revered social commentators are typically southern based, The Answering Machine are taking the North by the scruff of the neck, and presenting it with an assured understanding.
The Answering Machine are:
Martin Colclough – Vocals, guitar / Pat Fogarty – Vocals, guitar / Gemma Evans – Vocals, bass / Ben Perry – Drums
The Answering Machine Live:
9th March – Cardiff Ifor Bach
10th March – Manchester Ruby Lounge
11th March – London Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
12th March – Newcastle The End
13th March – Edinburgh Sneaky Pete’s
14th March – Liverpool Evol