Former bassist & vocalist with space-rockers Jessamine, Dawn returns with her second solo album. Where Smithson's first album was wounded and tentative in it's approach, "Earth Machine" is strong and sure of it's footing. Where there was deep melancholy with a glimmer of hope in the former, the latter reaches it's winding paths out to further hills and valleys, encompassing a wide range of emotion. Songs seem to tell one long story as they segue into one another. From the rounded nylon string guitar picking and gurgling synths to the pure feedback drones and sometimes Floydian electric guitar, "Earth Machine" has real continuity and a strong sense of being a true 'album'.