SECRET MACHINES Secret Machines (2008 US 8-track advance promotional CD. Following the departure of Ben Curtis who left to focus on his new band School of Seven Bells in 2007 his brother Brandon and drummer Josh Garza knew this didnt mean the end. Unfazed & undaunted and having recruited ex-Tripping Daisy guitarist Phil Karnats the Machines continued to forge ahead and carve out a new identity out of their many influences resulting in their ambitious third album Secret Machines . This is not meant to be a nice easily-digested album but its certainly a brave and expansive one. Yet for all the sonic invention on display this is a totally accessible album a rock album that grooves packed with infectious hooks and