Los Angeles pop combo machineheart emerged in 2015 with the breakout single, "Circles," from their Columbia-issued In Your Dreams EP. A mix of charismatic vocals and lush, edgy synth pop, they found further success with 2017's "Speak in Tongues" before issuing their first long-player, People Change, in 2019.

The band was formed in 2014 by guitarist Carman Kubanda, bassist Jake Randle, and drummer Harrison Allen -- a group of friends from Tacoma, Washington -- along with Stevie Scott, an Anglophile singer from Los Angeles. Popular covers of Katy Perry and the 1975 helped them gain blog exposure (they even contributed a song to MTV's Scream television series), but it was not until the shimmery single "Circles" was released that the band received more serious buzz, with placement on emerging artist lists on various digital streaming platforms. "Circles" was featured on their debut EP, In Your Dreams (Columbia), which was released in 2015. The highly streamed single, "Speak in Tongues," appeared in 2017, and was included on their second EP, Cruel World, later that year. After signing with Nettwerk, machineheart made their full-length debut in 2019 with People Change. ~ Neil Z. Yeung, Rovi