...don't turn me off (with bonus tracks!)

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1.	Cinderella's Shoes 03:42	info	buy track
2.	Cool Hand Luke 04:52	info	buy track
3.	A Bad Thing Worse 03:13	info	buy track
4.	Maya's Friend Ushi 00:20	info	buy track
5.	In My Room 02:54	info	buy track
6.	Search So Hard (For What To Find) 04:07	info	buy track
7.	Calliope The Biblesalesperson 01:16	info	buy track
8.	Looks Just Like It Sounds 02:25	info	buy track
9.	A Bad Thing Worse 01:00	info	buy track
10.	Jigsaw Blues 03:15	info	buy track
11.	A Broken Book of Tiny Houses 01:27	info	buy track
12.	Rock and Roll Debut 03:40	info	buy track
13.	Opa 04:16	info	buy track
14.	Little Violins 10:07	info	buy track
15.	Cool Hand Luke (Jackpot Mix, Alternate Vocals) 04:44	info	buy track
16.	Rock and Roll Debut (Jackpot Mix, Alternate Vocals) 03:53	info	buy track
17.	Search So Hard (For What To Find) Jackpot Mix/Alternate Vocals 03:42	info	buy track
18.	Jigsaw Blues (Jackpot Mix/Alternate Vocals) 03:29	info	buy track
19.	Cinderella's Shoes (Jackpot Mix/Alternate Vocals) 03:31	info	buy track
20.	Pass It On (outtake) 03:31		buy track
21.	Queen of Caffeine 04:32	info	buy track

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"The Gift Machine's second album is a little crunchier and a little (only a little) less poppy than their debut. But like their first CD, it's intelligent, well-done indie pop, if not quite the kind of thing that unshakably sticks in your craw. There's something of a late-'60s/early-'70s vibe to the melodies and harmonies but a thicker texture to the guitars, indebted both to power pop and later post-punk heavy chording. They're adept at combining fairly hard guitar rock arrangements with higher harmonies than most such bands employ, though the Beach Boys influence heard on some of their debut has decreased here. The lyrics are clever and whimsical, though not inescapably direct in their hits, and the arrangements intelligently varied to incorporate some acoustic guitars, keyboards, and wiggly electronics. "Calliope the Biblesalesperson" is the most outrageous title, on a track filtered to sound like an old 78 record, though it sounds rather like a Badfinger demo under the trickery. "Rock and Roll Debut" offers a refreshing twist on the "we're an American band" school of lyric writing, with its deadpan tale of refusal to play a debut gig if it means having to be a cover band. The bandmembers are not trying too hard for their own good, unlike a lot of outfits in a similar boat, which for that reason actually gives them an edge on many groups going into similar territory."

Ritchie Unterberger, All Music Guide

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released February 22, 2003

dave matthies - sing, guitars, keyboards

darrin matthies - bass, sing, lead voice on "rock and roll debut"

eric mathews - drums, percussion, sing

bryce weech - organ and sing on #5, #12, #13 and all instruments on "a bad thing worse (reprise)"

lisa jackson - sing on "a bad thing worse"

tex strizic - space noise on "a bad thing worse"

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the gift machine Escondido, California

New album "Consolation Prize" out 4/14/23 on PIAPTK and NEW TANGLES

Originally originating from the vibrant Pacific Northwest music scene of Anacortes and Olympia, WA, Dave Matthies has moved the gift machine to southern California where the sunny skies and sweet singing and drums of his now wife Andrea Gruber Matthies make for the best incarnation of the band yet. ... more

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