Her Space Holiday - The Young Machines (2003)

I heard this band from Chrissie Pie when we started our band "In Science and Love", circa 2007 and I must say that this album has made a real lasting influence on my personal music. I had written the music for "This Little Time" in Ableton Live but had failed to write a vocal melody that I was satisfied with. Chrissie and I were just starting to write together and this was the 4th song that we did. I passed the music on to her and she came up with a repeating chorus that I fell in love with. It's still my favorite song that we do. She told me that she had sort of lifted the melody from "Something To Do With My Hands" from this album. I really don't think they sound anything alike but I appreciate the influence it had on her. So I had to check it out. Now that I think about it, my music these days owes a great debt to Her Space Holiday: the simple electronic loops, the deeply personal lyrics, and passive-aggressive delivery. I didn't know that they were already doing what I had been trying to do before I ever heard them. It kinda pissed me off. But just because two things are extremely similar does mean that can't both be great in their own right. i.e. The Terminator and The Matrix, Daft Punk and Justice, Amber Bock and Shiner Bock, Windows and OSX. (Wow! those examples really demonstrate what is usually on my mind: Movies, Music, Beer and Computers)
...anyway, I still have not given up on my musical approach just because I've heard this album. Maybe I'm giving my music too much credit by even making the comparison. HSH's lyrics are way more beautiful than anything I could ever hope to write. I think I can hang in the composition aspect though. Maybe not.

To Her Space Holiday:
Please don't sue me. I really respect you.

Love Gabe