Album Of The Week

"Jag tycker att den här plattan växer för varje lyssning. Plattan har en skum ljudbild som för mina tanker till produktioner av Daniel Lanois."

- Tony Berg / Baretta Magazine -

"The Ghost And The Machine heter Andreas Lechners band och skivan 'Sorrows' är väl värd en koll i början på ett nytt år. Musikmässigt handlar det om en salig blandning och kanske är det just detta som gör att jag lyssnar på toner som jag sällan gör annars."

- Torbjörn Berlin / Berlin Calling -

"The Ghost And The Machine sveper och ger lyssnaren drömmar som om det vore vaggvisor från Morpheus. Framfört av en gotisk ängel likt Robert Smith som sjunger Lord Byrons lyriska ballader. Ett album att älska och vårda."

- Micheles Kindh / Blaskan -

"With poetic, dark lyrics reminiscent of Mark Lanegan, Chelsea Wolfe, or Tom Waits, nostalgic synthesizers, and the distinctive sounds of his resonator guitars, 'Sorrows' is a unique mix of sounds that tell touching stories.

- Kenneth Bremer / Blue Desert -

"Playing with Gilbert Ryle's philosophical phrase, the moniker The Ghost And The Machine perfectly describes Andreas Lechner's mix of the ethereal and industrial or mechanical. Lechner brings fuzz and atmosphere to romantic dark indie folk rock. With a voice full of the gothic cadence of Mark Lanegan and Iggy Pop and exploring his own guitar tunings 'Sorrows' mixes ambience and darkness."

- Marc Higgins / Fatea Magazine -

"This is not what we know as folk music, but it’s an enjoyable album, moving between the tempos. There is an intensity to both the sound and the lyrics, as Lechner, unsurprisingly much sought after as both a live and a studio musician, brings his vision to life."

- Mike Davies / Folking -

"Andreas Lechner plays it sometimes rocky, sometimes folky, always accessible and suitable for quick consumption. This satisfies the small hunger, for the big one he then offers the lyrics in which everyone who has ever tasted this menu, called life, should find themselves. And we all have that, in our own, always special way, but we still find ourselves together again on certain topics and can nod in agreement."

- Simon Dominik Otte / Blueprint -

"If you listen to the 12 songs on the wonderfully dark album of the band around singer and multi-guitarist Andreas Lechner, you get some real 'Twin Peaks'-vibes in the thick dozen. Add a little Tom Waits and Mark Lanegan, and you've got a perfect dark indie folk work.

- Wolfgang Weitzdörfer / Folker -

"The Ghost And The Machine is the band of Austrian guitarist and singer Andreas Lechner, with very idiosyncratic expression he creates a sound that seems both old fashioned and modern, the sound of the guitar, not always fuzzy, but sometimes driving in the direction of reverberated western romanticism, determines the overall picture of the music quite significantly."

- Wolfgang Giese / Musik An Sich -

"All in all, 'Sorrows' an impressive and uncompromising album that challenges the listener to surrender to his atmosphere. It is a work that does not aim at superficial entertainment, but on deep resonance. Those who open up to the dark sounds and poetic lyrics, discovers an album that is not only depicts grief, but also the possibility of turning that grief into something human and hopeful."

- Fred Pach / Muziekwereld -

"Despite the fact that hardly anyone has heard of The Ghost And The Machine, 'Sorrows' is more than worth it. I am familiar with 'Sorrows' through a promo CD and recommend that you give them a listen. Not the most cheerful music as said, but what this band shows is really not bad at all."

- William van Voorbergen / Orange Flag Music -

"This album is a musical mood scrambler, poetic, sombre and penetrating. Unplaceable as a work of art in a museum of figurative modern art. You could ask Karl Ratzer, 'what do you mean?', but the answer is that you can decide for yourself."

- Ronand Valstar / Real Roots Café -

"The 3rd album, ‘Sorrows’, from Austrian musician Andreas Lechner is a true discovery for all lovers of dark lyrics and moody music. Under the ‘nom de plume’ of The Ghost And The Machine this artist has created 12 new songs which he combined into a potential classic album that deserves to end up in your own collection. Fans of Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits or Mark Lanegan will immediately fall in love with this record."

- Valére Sampermans / Rootstime -

"Andreas Lechner does not hide his shifting moods while performing the music he has created, and listeners may encounter constant changes in song dynamics, psychological variations, and different instrumental approaches. There is no doubt that 'Sorrows' is an intriguing release, one that is difficult to fit into any specific mold or form. However, that was ultimately never the author’s intention."

- Branimir Lokner / Time Machine Music -