--- description: Such a clean, fresh sound title: This Album Was Made Entirely From Washing Machine Sounds image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Band Is Releasing an Album Made Entirely From Sounds Made by a Washing Machine by [Alex Heigl / People](/author/people/) ## Alex Heigl / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 10, 2015 4:07 AM CUT by [Alex Heigl / People](/author/people/) ## Alex Heigl / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 10, 2015 4:07 AM CUT Maybe this is what “heavy metal” should be from now on? Baltimore-based experimental music duo Matmos has announced that their new album, _Ultimate Care II_, will be composed entirely of sounds made by the Whirlpool Ultimate Care II washing machine in the basement of the group’s home. The album will run in a single, continuous 38-minute “experience” (the length of one of its wash cycles) that begins with the sound of the machine’s wash size selection knob and ends with its “cycle finished” noise. In between, the machine is pounded like a drum and its various operational noises are sampled and processed until they reflect very little of the original source. > [](https://twitter.com/residentadvisor/status/663854758894039040) Take a listen to a sample from the album below: It’s far from the strangest thing the duo has made music with: They’ve played shows with canisters of helium at Radio City Music Hall and also “played” the, ah, uterus and reproductive tract of a cow at the San Francisco Art Institute at one point. If you’re interested in the full album experience, [_Ultimate Care II_ comes out February 19, 2016, on Thrill Jockey Records](http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=24583644&msgid=728183&act=HC0U&c=150679&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fthrilljockey.com%2Fproducts%2Fultimate-care-ii "undefined"). [_This article first appeared on People.com_](http://www.people.com/article/matmos-releasing-album-washing-machine-noises "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4105977/album-washing-machine-matmos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4105977/album-washing-machine-matmos/"},"headline":"This Band Is Releasing an Album Made Entirely From Sounds Made by a Washing Machine","datePublished":"2015-11-10T04:07:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:28:16.492Z","description":"Such a clean, fresh sound","url":"https://time.com/4105977/album-washing-machine-matmos/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Heigl / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4105977/album-washing-machine-matmos/","name":"This Band Is Releasing an Album Made Entirely From Sounds Made by a Washing Machine"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Katy Perry Tops Forbes's List Of Highest Paid Women In Music","description":"Forbes has released its list of the highest-paid women in music for 2015, and Katy Perry came out on top.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/5r6qKE6Z/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-11-06T17:02:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/5r6qKE6Z.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4105977/album-washing-machine-matmos/","duration":"PT1M","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4105977/album-washing-machine-matmos/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```