Name: Small Time Monsters
Brand: The Dream Machine

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

ROTDM4400UK

Colour

Black

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-07-12

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0044003401358

Total Cap

9999

Black LP

RDM4700A6UK

Green

Karloff Green Vinyl

Extended format: Yes

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Green LP

ROTDM4800UK

Digisleeve

0044003404021

Artist

The Dream Machine

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Run On Records

The Dream Machine is a highly talented and innovative artist who has been making waves in the music industry for years. With a unique blend of genres, including electronic, pop, and alternative rock, their music captivates audiences around the world.
Known for their mesmerizing vocals and thought-provoking lyrics, The Dream Machine's songs are filled with emotion and depth. Their ability to create catchy melodies combined with powerful storytelling sets them apart from other artists in the industry.
With multiple successful albums under their belt, The Dream Machine continues to push boundaries and explore new musical territories. Their passion for creating authentic and meaningful music shines through in every song they release. Get ready to be transported into a dream-like world with The Dream Machine's captivating sound.

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If 2022’s critically-acclaimed debut album Thank God! It’s The Dream Machine… was their first and most wild child, then Small Town Monsters is its refined younger sibling. The psychedelia, euphoric choruses, flashes of surf guitar and B-movie references are all there, amongst the familiar reflections of life in their beloved and faded seaside town of New Brighton, but this time the wilder elements are controlled, the songs packed into three-minute pocket symphonies.

Lead single "Frankenstein" is an anthem for the sugar-rush generation, an infectious, rattling earworm that recalls everything from haunted rockabilly to the sun-drenched melodies of Blossoms. Elsewhere on the album, the pulsating surf-stomp of Cindy’s Eyes, a small- town story of unrequited love, has a chorus to fill the most cavernous arena. 

Produced by The Coral’s James Skelly, the album was partially recorded at The Dream Machine’s rehearsal space, then stitched together in Skelly’s Kempston Street Studios. There’s a refined, more literary quality to singer and primary songwriter Zak McDonnell’s lyrics; explorations of everyday life, teenage doom, B-movie monsters, family turmoil, and coming-of-age tales in the familiar backdrop of life in modern Britain. 

Small Town Monsters is the sound of a band breaking free from the small town into the big world.

Small Time Monsters

Music GB

Discover Small Town Monsters by The Dream Machine on vinyl. Run On Records presents their refined second album, featuring psychedelic sounds and infectious melodies.