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The Dream Machine
12+ albums
Garage RockfolkNeo-PsychedeliaUK
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Hailing from New Brighton -- a seaside suburb of Wallasey in Merseyside, U.K. -- the Dream Machine are a 2021-formed indie rock quartet drawing on the magpie-like psychedelia of the Coral and the dark drama of Echo & the Bunnymen. The precocious talent of lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Zak McDonnell was evidently born of a childhood spent observing his father's various musical activities. After working in a much-loved Wallasey guitar shop, David McDonnell formed the Sand Band, who enjoyed five-star reviews for their 2011 indie folk album, All Through the Night. Prior to this, he was a member of Richard Ashcroft's live band and an occasional member of the Coral, touring 2005's Invisible Invasion and contributing to 2007's Roots & Echoes in the studio. Inspired by his father, Zak took up the drums and, at the age of 13, played in an early incarnation of Lia Metcalfe's the Mysterines. He went on to work at Parr St. Studios in Liverpool, even making fleeting appearances on the Coral's 2018 album, Move Through the Dawn, and Blossoms' third LP, 2020's Foolish Loving Spaces. Receiving encouragement from the Coral's leader, James Skelly, he began to play guitar and write his own songs. In early 2020, a couple of months before the first COVID-19-related lockdowns, McDonnell began playing music with Matthew Gouldson, a close friend and fellow multi-instrumentalist. By the middle of the year, bassist Jack Inchboard had joined the fold, and the Dream Machine's lineup was complete
