"Distribution for this title is currently being negotiated and is only available directly from the label (www.swimslowly.com) until US distribution can be established again. Thank you."
At least they're honest.
Bob Does Things | North Jersey | 01/22/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I don't know exactly how I stumbled across this band. I think I was listening to The Bedroom Heroes and was so impressed I wanted to buy their album. (Afterall, I'm no pirate) Turns out the bedroom heroes formed a new band called The Robot Ate Me on Swim Slowly records. I had to have it all.. and wow. The Robot Ate Me's They Ate Themselves.. is the most honest and genuine album I have ever heard. Every song is interesting and different. Very slow and melodic with some great synth/keyboard and guitar riffs. I've put the album on in my car a lot and whoever is with me is always impressed with it. I just ordered The Robot Ate Me's newest album off Swim Slowly records, and it came with artwork, a random polaroid picture, a sticker, a poster, a handmade booklet of art and the cds.. and on the cd leaflets they were in were actually scraps of the songwriter's notebook with lyrics on them. Probably the best $15 I have ever spent in my entire life. What an amazing band.. I'm not too good at writting reviews but if you are thinking of getting this album..get it. It's worth it."
An interesting trip into your mind.
Pete Borcz | Chicago, IL | 12/19/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I was introduced to "Robot Ate Me" one cool late fall day. Friends of mine were playing a show at a coffee house, and happened to have a guy from California playing. He happened to be in town. He was a quiet, shy guy with a huge grin on his face. He sat down on the stage, legs crossed, and drew the attention of every single person in the room for his entire set.I bought the CD off of him that instant.The CD is best described as Indie Lo-Fi Pop. Dark, and at times depressing, the singer whispers lyrics, an acoustic guitar is picked, a drum drums, a cascade of different noises crosses the sonic plain. You can feel the raw emotion in the music. A personal nature, almost as if you are reading a scrawl in a private journal.Trust me, and buy this CD."
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Nick Danger | New York, NY | 10/20/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is an album unlike anything I'd ever heard before. It somehow mixes synths, guitars, saws, accordions, and other found sounds into this new (dare-I-create-genres) post-pop sound that is just fantastic.The songs are typically depressing and introspective, lyrically, but the lyrics are only supplementary to the album as a whole. Too bizarre for words, I would recommend this CD to fans of experimental music along with fans of pop music.Kid A what?"
Simply Awesome
Nick Danger | 01/07/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This cd is great...tRAM is coming out with a new cd in the beginning of feb'04. Be sure to get that one as well. *cheers*"