Ten Silver Drops by Secret Machines

Ten Silver Drops, the Secret Machines' second full-length album, surfaced first as an iTunes exclusive on February 28, 2006, with the CD following on Reprise that April. The trio, Dallas natives who had relocated to New York, produced it themselves: brothers Brandon Curtis on vocals, bass and keyboards and Benjamin Curtis on guitar, with Josh Garza on drums.

It's big, billowing, prog-tinged rock, all widescreen keyboards, crashing drums and guitars that seem to stretch toward the horizon, and "Lightning Blue Eyes" is its most direct rush, the track rock radio's countdowns latched onto for years. "Alone, Jealous and Stoned" went out first as the single. The album leaked online a month before release and reached 43 in the UK. Benjamin left the band in 2007 to concentrate on School of Seven Bells.

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