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Powerman 5000 has released their 7th studio disc, brilliantly titled Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere. Keeping to their normal track record of spacing releases about two to three years apart, this is a perfect appendix to 2006's Destroy What You Enjoy. The 11 track disc has been described by {singer and founding member} Spider One as almost sounding like "footsteps of a giant robot" so much so that the robot theme seems to of taken over slowly. Recently in an interview with Road Crew Magazine , Spider discussed how the cover for the disc with the beheaded robot came about, as well as using robots in the video for the first single Super Villain.  

V is for Vampire was written long before the current craze, but would undoubtly be a huge success for the band if released as a single. It is a song, much like the undead, that has something powerful about the riff that draws you in and before you know it you will be singing along to the chorus, almost as if you are inviting the vampire in.

Horror Show is a funky song that Spider raps instead of sings thru out. Nothing new to veteran PM5K fans. {Throw your hands in the air, this is a robbery/And release the bats in fact I think they're on to me/Your pretty face is going to hell/That's what Iggy Pop said before they learned how to sell/Fake rebelion, you're not hellion, you're not E-V-I-L/I can tell from the smell of the burning rockstars/That are stacked up in piles/So take a picture and don't forget to smile}

Overall this is a great rock album. Heavy on the synth, guitars and industrial techno grooves at times definately give it that science fiction feel. A song or two could even blend smoothly onto a dance floor. The vocals go from growls to rapping to all out singing.  Just when you think you know whats coming next ~ Velkro, Evan9, X51, GFLash and Spider One seem to switch it up just enough to keep you from getting bored. This is one of those discs you can play over and over from start to finish.

Intelligent Creatures 

Do Your Thing

Show Me What You've Got 

Somewhere On The Other Side Of Nowhere

Time Bomb, Baby

 Get Your Bones

Make Us Insane

Technology Eats Its Young