Whispers in the Speech Machine, by The Laughing Chimes

Whispers in the Speech Machine

by The Laughing Chimes

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Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.

releases January 31, 2025

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1.	Atrophy
2.	He Never Finished The Thought
3.	Country Eidolism
4.	Cats Go Car Watching
5.	A Promise to Keep
6.	High Beams 03:26	buy track
7.	Fluorescent Minds
8.	Mudhouse Mansion

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On their spellbinding sophomore album, "Whispers in the Speech Machine," the young Ohio siblings from The Laughing Chimes fully embrace their Southern Gothic influences, cannily balancing the light of their infectious pop with the shadow of their rust belt environs. While attending an afterschool music program at their local opera house, Evan and his brother Quinn began recording The Laughing Chimes' debut album "In This Town," released in 2020. A string of well-received digital singles and a cassette EP for Slumberland followed, dazzling savvy pop fans with their Paisley Underground-inflected jangle that owes as much to the Flying Nun sound as it does to 80s Athens, GA.

The eight assured songs of "Whispers in the Speech Machine" prove The Laughing Chimes deserve the attention and accolades, while their approaches to songwriting and sonic aesthetics continue to evolve. "Southeast Ohio is the foothills of Appalachia, so it has this indescribable mood and atmosphere to it," guitarist/vocalist Evan Seurkamp told The Big Takeover. "Sometimes there's a haunting weight of decay you want to escape, but at the same time there is some sort of strange romanticism surrounding ghost towns. We've tried to channel those moods to add more regional flavor into our sound."

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releases January 31, 2025

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The Laughing Chimes are:
Evan Seurkamp (guitar, vox)
Quinn Seurkamp (drums)
Avery Bookman (bass)
Ella Franks (guitar, keys)

Album Cover Photograph: Alice Falkowski
Album cover model: Eva Frances
Chimney photo: Quinn Seurkamp

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Jangly post-punk from south-east Ohio.

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