Rating:
Bots!
The skinny:
Sound effects and crazy-ass instruments (i.e., power saws, harmonicas) are the code of the day for the Robot Ate Me. They weave sparse horns, children’s toys and tribal drumbeats into the music, yet the songs are guitar-driven and folksy, giving the album a scattered, random feel. They Ate Themselves strolls between ambient movie soundtrack and crooning love song. We, on the other hand, stroll between suicidal depression and suicidal delightedness.

If you liked this album, you’d like:
His Name Is Alive, the Flaming Lips, Sparklehorse, Radiohead, Neutral Milk Hotel, Robot Wars.

Who else likes this album?
Those guys who scour Kay Bee Toys for “subversive” instruments ’cause they sound “amazing”; guys who hate guys who use the word dude.

What does Stephen Hawking think of this?
The funny thing is, due to my electronic voice machine, people have sometimes accused me of eating a robot.

Do you know where Stephen Hawking was born?
England! (You wouldn’t know it by his accent.)

Did we listen to this?
We listened to a lot of stuff.

Tantalizing tidbits:
Robots are people, too. Electronic people.

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