| This Machine | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Dandy Warhols |
| Cover: | This_Machine_Dandy_Warhols.jpg |
| Released: | April 24, 2012 |
| Recorded: | May–November 2011 |
| Length: | 43:02 |
| Prev Title: | The Capitol Years 1995–2007 |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | Distortland |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
This Machine is the eighth studio album by American rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released on April 24, 2012, by record label The End. The album features a more stripped-down, laid-back style than much of the band's previous work.
While playing at Sydney's Enmore Theatre in May 2011 as part of their 2011 Australian tour, lead singer Courtney Taylor-Taylor announced the new album would be titled This Machine and is to be released in February 2012 (Taylor-Taylor had previously jokingly announced it as The Pastor of Muppets,[1] Shitty Shitty Band Band[2] or Whirled Piece[3] in blog posts on the band's official website).[4] On the same tour, the band debuted two new songs which would later appear on the album, "Seti vs. the Wow! Signal" and "Rest Your Head".[5]
This Machine was recorded between May and November 2011.
The band collaborated with ex-Bauhaus member David J on the track "The Autumn Carnival"; J co-wrote the song and supplied backing vocals and bass guitar to the track.
The band announced the release of the album's first single, "Well They're Gone", on their website on March 1, 2012, allowing visitors to download the track for free after entering their email address.[6] A music video for the track "Sad Vacation" was released to YouTube on April 20.
This Machine was released on April 24, 2012.