This band is out of control. Imagine a Jewish Super-group. If this is difficult, begin listening to the Sway Machinery right now, and then read the rest of the review. If you can handle that concept, please proceed with me. This particular ensemble (made up of member of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Balkan Beat Box, Toms Wait's band and others) plays a type of music I can't say I've heard anywhere else in modern music. It's a kind of wild, eclectic, Klezmer, punk, indie-conglomerate which I find to be incredible fun and cool. I got the first single "Anim Zemiros" on a free sample from Amazon mp3, and within a half an hour of my first listen I had ordered the CD. I would have to say that "Anim Zemiros" is in fact the stand-out track on this album, but if you like it, the whole album is worthwhile. The only parts of this CD I didn't like were the dramatic reading/monologue-things scattered between the songs. They were worth one listen, but tended a little heavily toward the melodramatic and disjointed. All in all, though, for any fan of Klezmer, world, unusual, or excellent music, The Sway Machinery is Highly recommended.
6.5/10
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