The Automatic - Recover (B-Unique) By Steve Rudd Release Date: October 24th 2005

Viciously vibrant, dynamically deadly and extraordinarily exciting are just a few ways of describing this thoroughly refreshing blast of music from the amazingly young band in The Automatic... a quartet of guys who are clearly plussed-up on the type of music that makes the masses tick. Busting out of a small Welsh town, they sound destined to take the world by storm with their highly charged brand of rock music that is both fiercely melodic and exceptionally energetic.

Having worked with ace producer Richard Jackson (who's previously worked with the awesome Crashland) has clearly worked wonders too, as the music of The Automatic loudly and proudly stampedes along with the whirling splendour of the Kaiser Chiefs' and Maximo Park's finest moments. Hell, as Recover leaps into its magnificently anthemic stride, these guys even add a new twist of coolness to 'call and response' vocals, confiding that 'There's no escaping the facts.' And they're damn right, too... for the fact is that The Automatic cannot fail to amaze one and all with their mighty collective talent and lofty ambition to dominate the UK rock scene.

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