The Young Machines

The Young Machines
Studio album by
Her Space Holiday
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2003 (2003-09-30)
GenreIndie pop[1]
Length44:28
LabelMush Records
ProducerMarc Bianchi
Her Space Holiday chronology
Manic Expressive
(2001) 		The Young Machines
(2003) 		The Young Machines Remixed
(2004)

The Young Machines is a studio album by Her Space Holiday. It was released on Mush Records on September 30, 2003.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]
Pitchfork6.9/10[4]
Stylus MagazineC[5]
Uncut4/10[6]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The Young Machines received an average score of 73, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Kenyon Hopkin of AllMusic praised the album's "lush IDM-powered indie pop."[2] Kilian Murphy of Stylus Magazine wrote: "An intriguing mixture of laptop-electronica and emotional indie song writing, this is engagingly quirky stuff."[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Marc Bianchi

No.TitleLength
1."The Young Machines"4:25
2."Something to Do with My Hands"3:33
3."Tech Romance"4:20
4."Sleepy California"5:00
5."Japanese Gum"3:48
6."Meet the Pressure"4:47
7."My Girlfriend's Boyfriend"4:31
8."The Luxury of Loneliness"4:40
9."Girl Problem"4:15
10."From South Carolina"5:10
Total length:44:28

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Marc Bianchi – music
  • Alan Douches – mastering
  • Clust.TM – art, design

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States September 30, 2003[7] Mush Records CD MH-224
UK October 20, 2003[7] Wichita Recordings CD WEBB047CD
Europe October 20, 2003[7] Wichita Recordings CD VVR1024982
Japan January 21, 2004[7] & Records CD NPPX-31

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Young Machines by Her Space Holiday". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Hopkin, Kenyon. "The Young Machines - Her Space Holiday". AllMusic. Archived from the original on January 22, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  3. ^ Weingarten, Marc (October 24, 2003). "The Young Machines Review". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Archived from the original on May 1, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  4. ^ Bowers, William (January 15, 2004). "Her Space Holiday:The Young Machines". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 3, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  5. ^ a b Murphy, Kilian (December 8, 2003). "Her Space Holiday – The Young Machines". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  6. ^ "Her Space Holiday – The Young Machines". Uncut. Time Inc. UK. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  7. ^ a b c d "MH-224 Her Space Holiday - The Young Machines". Mush Records. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2018.