Sugarland

The Incredible Machine is a soaring album elevated by sky-high choruses, ringing guitars, and pulsing drums that recall the beating of the album’s titular engine, the human heart. Kristian describes it as a collection of anthems and there may be no greater understatement. If the duo was searching for the grander side of country on their last record, the double platinum Love on the Inside, they’ve obviously found it on The Incredible Machine. From the fanfare of the album’s opener All We Are to Jennifer’s sublime piano-ballad closer Shine the Light, this is an album built for stadiums.

This record is designed to play in very large places and to communicate with a large group of people, Kristian confirms. Kristian says, going on to connect the dots between rebellious country and rebellious rock. If you dig far enough you’re going to see that The Clash and Johnny Cash had a lot in common. I like to live right where those guys meet. We write songs for different reasons. There are some songs that we want to change your life and there are some that we just want to change your day.’

And the band is confident that fans, old and new alike, will have a similar experience as they discover the gears and cogs of The Incredible Machine a country record, a pop record, an anthem record, a ballad record, but above all, an authentic record. That’s a wonderful metaphor and image for this newly emerging creature that Sugarland is right now, with these vulnerable but beautiful wings. The Incredible Machine is definitely us, but at the same time, there is something very precious and new, she says. And we want to show it to the world!