September 000

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September 000
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EP by
ReleasedMarch 25, 2002
RecordedSeptember 2000
StudioClava
Genre Rock
Label Ace Fu Records [1]
Producer Brian Deck
The Secret Machines chronology
September 000
(2002)
Now Here Is Nowhere
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork Media 8.4/10 [3]

September 000 is the first EP by the American rock band The Secret Machines. [4] [5] [1]

Contents

Critical reception

The Quietus wrote that the EP is "a great reminder of just how great long-winded, bong-addled, stoner rock can be in the right hands." [6] Trouser Press , on the other hand, considered it an "excruciating bore." [4]

Track listing

  1. "Marconi's Radio" – 7:42
  2. "What Used to Be French" – 6:30
  3. "Breathe" – 2:43
  4. "Still See You" – 2:49
  5. "It's a Bad Wind That Don't Blow Somebody Some Good" – 5:56
  6. "Marconi's Radio (Again)" – 2:46

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Pareles, Jon (May 19, 2002). "Then, Now: New Rock City" via NYTimes.com.
  2. "September 000". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. "The Secret Machines: September 000". Pitchfork.
  4. 1 2 "Secret Machines". Trouser Press. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  5. Rogulewski, Charley (May 2, 2006). "Secret Machines Drop More Psych Rock". Rolling Stone.
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