Distilling a sumptuous liquor from the marrow of the genre's raw power, The Class Machine have been holding a magnifying glass over rock and roll's bare bones until they explode since the winter of 2008. By appointing the song king, this power duo has raised the two-man three-piece from novelty act to a legitimate less-is-more treatment of tenacious, gut punch songwriting. Lifelong rhythm section members of various bands, Nathan Raleigh (bass/vox) and Cody Tibbetts (drums/guitar) joined to revolt against the notion that their job was to merely hold the song together. The result were songs that put the bottom on top and made it play nice with a melody that shrieks through the air with its talons out. Their first EP “Uproot” was released in 2008. The release of their first full length “Swarm Theory” is due out later this year.