Shaped in Rapid City, SD, in 2004, the elements Machines create late-’70s/early-’80s-infused force pop with an indie rock and roll sensibility. Built round the tunes and acoustic guitar playing of “engineer masquerading as musician” Jason Ward, and made up of drummer J. Waylon Miller, bass participant Ali DeMersseman, and guitarist Patrick S. Fleming, the elements Devices released their electrifying debut, The Audio of Pseudoscience, around the Tigers Against Criminal offense label on January 24, 2006.