Guitarist Benjamin Curtis of the ridiculously fluffed trio The Secret Machines is calling it quits. According to his brother Brandon on the band’s message board, “After 7 and 1/2 years of playing music together Benjamin has decided to no longer be a part of the band. It is a sad day but also an exciting one as he prepares to focus full time on his new creative venture, School of Seven Bells.”
On the bright side for fans out there, TSM is beginning to work on a third album.
For all the Secret Machines fanboys out there, it’s time to go through the five stages of grief (even though the band will live on). And maybe it’s also time to throw out some patently ridiculous analogies like this one from the board:
“I’m bummed. No lie. This sucks. Hopefully the music will still be amazing. Pink Floyd lost Roger Waters so anything is possible. here’s to the future of our favorite band.”
Anything is possible. I mean, it’s entirely possible that TSM will one day randomly end up in the same sentence with Pink Floyd like that again.
I don’t feel the loss that much. Only, never again will I get the chance to be completely underwhelmed by the original band that people built up way too much. Never again will I be able to walk out of a supposedly awesome show and say “Ehh. Wanna just get some pizza?” Never again will I be able to stand at a show wondering which eighth grader out there could fill in for the drummer.
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