Today, Lisbon’s party-startersMAQUINA.have shared another new single from theirforthcoming album‘BODY TRANSMISSION’, due outJuly 10th via Fuzz Club. The single comes as the band confirm plans to bring their electrifying live showback to the UK later this summer,following buzzy shows at The Great Escape and across the country in the Spring.
MAQUINA.embody all the sweaty togetherness and euphoria a collective music experience has to offer. The Lisbon trio have been getting punks to dance and club kids to pogo –“making the bubbles connect a little bit”– with such fervour they routinely pack out venues and inspire multiple waves of crowdsurfing at any given live show. On their new LP they bottle that energy, intentionallyexploring the idea of “body music”, of tension and release, and delving into a more sensual, darker, and immersive universe.
Where their last single“dança“saw Barcelona duoDame Areajoin for a snotty vocal attack, this timeMAQUINA.present their first ever fully instrumental cut, designed to make the listener lose themselves in the moment.“simulation”turns guitar into a percussive engine, driving chugging beats, siren-like wails and sharp metallic strikes through a tight, instrumental blast of industrial punk. It seesMAQUINA. push their high-impact, motorik heaviness into a focused, dancefloor-ready rush. The accompanying video was made with footage from the band’s recent tour of Brazil.
Listen to“simulation”:https://youtu.
‘BODY TRANSMISSION’album links:http://maquina.lnk.to/
With over 250 gigs and numerous festival appearances across Europe already under their belt MAQUINA.are on a high after their first tour of Brazil andKEXP performance.The three-piece ring in a new chapter with their second LP ‘BODY TRANSMISSION’: a head-banging trip through high-energy noise-rock, motorik metal, and industrial punk that doesn’t stop moving.
Bottling the raw power of their now-legendary live shows,‘BODY TRANSMISSION’– co-produced by the band alongside Hugo Valverde – arrives following MAQUINA.’s 2024 debut ‘PRATA’, also released on Fuzz Club and largely driven by improvisation, locking itself into the flow state of a live performance. For their new full-length, the band –Halison Peres (drums/vocals), José “Mendy” Rego (bass), and João Cavalheiro (guitar/effects)– opted for less jamming and more “editing”, taking time to mull over the direction of each track while also looking to condense 10-minute meanders into three or four-minute “bangers” that slap.
The result is a full-body rush geared towards the dance-floor with “no breaks”; a club-ready rock record steered by the trio’s guitar, drums, and bass combo.“It was the most challenging and fun we’ve ever had in the studio because we pushed ourselves to write songs rather than just capturing jams,”say the band.“We wanted it to feel heavy, focused, and relentless. We kept the tempo up and the energy peaking – it’s an ‘always-on’ record.”
MAQUINA. live dates:
18 June – Caldas da Rainha, PT – Impulso
19 June – Santa Maria de Lamas, PT – Basqueiral
20 June – Lucerne, CH – B-Side
21 June – Martigny, CH – Caves du Manoir
23 June – Bilbao, ES – Kutxa Belza
24 June – Madrid, ES – Cafe Berlin *SOLD OUT*
25 June – Santander, ES – Rockbeer The New
26 June – Bergerac, FR – La Claque Festival
27 June – Paimpol, FR – Paimpol in Rock
28 June – Bourlon, FR – Rock In Bourlon
3 July – Lisbon, PT – Listening Party – BODY TRANSMISSION
4 July – Sintra, PT – Festival Aqui ao Lado
11 July – Coimbra, PT – Private Event
17 July – Montijo, PT – Coperativa Fest
18 July – Lisbon, PT – MUSA (DJ Set)
25 July – Gouveia, PT – TBA
31 July – Constância, PT – Rock ao Luar
6 August – Aveiro, PT – Novas Quintas Teatro Aveirense
7 August – Nürnberg, DE – Brückenfestival
8 August – Liège, BE – Micro Festival
11 August – Huesca, ES – San Lorenzo De Huesca
15 August – Cadima, PT – Lúcia Lima
16 August – Santiago de Compostela, ES – Capitol*
28 August – Torremolinos, ES – Canela Party
2 September – Leicester, UK – The International
3 September – Glossop, UK – The Globe
4 September – Brighton, UK – Brighton Psych Fest
5 September – Manchester, UK – Manchester Psych Fest
6 September – Bristol, UK – The Croft
10 September – Šibenik, HR – Ship Festival
12 September – Orléans, FR – Hop Pop Hop Festival
13 September – Asten, NL – Misty Fields
18 September – Oviedo, ES – Outside
* supporting Amyl and the Sniffers
‘BOY TRANSMISSION’track list:
1. dança (ft. Dame Area) –visualizer
2. 4-to-the-floor
3. collapsing
4. agony –video
5. bizarro
6. valve
7. simulation –video
8. step on me
9. out of fear
10. pressure/pleasure –video