{"id":22850,"date":"2014-05-06T15:01:23","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T15:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-our-people-versus-yours-machine\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:35:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:35:13","slug":"album-review-our-people-versus-yours-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-our-people-versus-yours-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Our People Versus Yours &#8211; Machine Hearts Machine Minds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tumblr_inline_n52dqvnTCu1qheirv.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">Essex is not a county you would immediately associate with raging post-hardcore music, but <strong>Our People Versus Yours<\/strong> are out to fight off the stereotypes of their homeland and turn heads with their explosive debut album,<em> \u2018Machine Hearts Machine Minds\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The most striking thing about the record is how gloriously unpredictable, bordering on the schizophrenic it is. The whole sound and direction of songs switches effortlessly on a knife-edge, the feral untempered fury of big thundering riffs and throat shredding roars transitioning into sizeable Funeral For a Friend-esque choruses or serene moments of captivating melodic post-hardcore guitar fills without warning. This continuingly shifting soundscape demands the listener\u2019s undiverted attention as you constantly try to second guess what direction the band will head in next.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s fair to say that fans of acts like Architects and Bring Me The Horizon will definitely find plenty to like about <strong>Our People Versus Yours<\/strong>. And there are plenty of moments that earn favourable, if tentative comparisons to both.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The band appear to have made a noticeable effort to keep a very live feel to the record. Any production tweaks or trickery seems to be kept to a minimum, particularly in the record&rsquo;s heaviest moments, with each instrument left to duke out to be noticed. This actually suits the raw unrefined aspects of <strong>Our People Versus Yours<\/strong>\u2019 sound. Elsewhere the melodic moments are crisp and carefully composed.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Machine Hearts Machine Minds\u2019<\/em> is a promising and striking debut from a band not afraid to mix up the often over-used blueprint of their genre.<\/p>\n<p>3\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&lsquo;Machine Hearts Machine Minds&rsquo;<\/em> by <strong>Our People Versus Yours<\/strong> is out on now on <strong>Transcend Music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our People Versus Yours<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:facebook.com\/ourpeopleversusyours\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/opvyuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Dane Wright (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mrdanewright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MrDaneWright<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Essex is not a county you would immediately associate with raging post-hardcore music, but Our People Versus Yours are out to fight off the stereotypes of their homeland and turn heads with their explosive debut album, \u2018Machine Hearts Machine Minds\u2019. 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