Machinery of the Night Sunday (Ft. Louisa Murray)

I'll confess: I've been listening to full albums less and less. This is mainly the result of my continually using this website for all my listening needs. Have you hit play on a track recently? IT DOESN'T STOP! Who needs full albums when you've got a playlist like this?

What's that? You're throwing your hands up in the air? How can the creator of a music blog not listen to full albums anymore?!

Fair enough. A year ago I was the hugest proponent of listening to an album the full way through. My argument was that it was the way the artist intended their work to be listened to. There was a distinct ebb and flow that would be missed if one weren't to listen to the full length.

But in an age of remixes and dubstep, that's becoming harder and harder to do. Everyone's got A.D.D., myself included. Looking for a catchy Song of the Day every day doesn't help, either.

Enter Machinery of the Night. Ironically, they rose to fame through remixes under the moniker Dirty Little Secret -- but never mind that. Their debut album Seven Systems has reminded me that listening to an album through its full length can be thoroughly, thoroughly worth it.

The concept is simple: seven tracks representing the seven days of the week. "Monday" starts off hard, as you gear up for the workweek. "Tuesday" and "Wednesday" pick up, with "Thursday" taking a slightly calmer approach (see this song as SOTD).

Then comes "Friday," perfectly in line with the energy that fills the start of the weekend. Naturally, this rolls into "Saturday," and the mayhem continues. The start of the track screams "vampire-filled rave!!!" -- reminding me somehow of the opening scene from Blade.

All of this finally culminates with "Sunday," a beautifully trip-hoppy track featuring the vocals of Louisa Murray (lead singer of a band called The Bear). It's a standout track, and as such I naturally had no alternative but to request that the band let me use it as the song on this post.

So, am I going to listen to more full-length albums now? Possibly. At the very least, I'll be listening to more of this one.