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| | The Dillinger Escape Plan: Miss Machine - PopMatters Music Review |
 | | The versatility of Patton's vocals lended a different, deeper quality to the Dillinger Escape Plan's music, his phenomenal range allowing the rest of the band to start to play around with vocal melodies for the first time, and when it worked best, like on "When Good Dogs Do Bad Things", the results were often spectacular. |
 | | There are moments on Miss Machine, though, that have that mainstream, TRL appeal, as every so often, the band chooses to ease up on the intricate arrangements, in favor of more atmospheric, textured sounds, letting the vocal melodies step to the forefront. |
 | | On Miss Machine, the Dillinger Escape Plan have let it be known to all that they are unwilling to let the rigid constraints of metal and punk pin them down, and consequently, they have managed to follow up a very good album with a truly great one. |
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