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Strangely familiar, a phrase that seems to me central to any review of The Robots Ate Me ‘s recent release Good World. Simple songs of unsettled imagination. Stories whispered across a sparse world of old pianos and 80’s drum Machines. Tepid guitars and frantic clarinets. All orchestrated around an array of haunting character sketches that cast a dim light across a world only hinted at. This 17-song album acts more as a book of short stories. A soundtrack to the fictional world Ryland Bouchard conjured up in an old frozen firehouse. Delicate and moving, at times harsh and unkempt , these songs ask for the full attention of the listener. For an open mind, and imagination. What they offer in return is a story with no definite ending, a chance for the listener to make a truly personal connection to the songs, to fill in the blanks and to make the songs their own.

Recorded entirely with an acoustic guitar, an old clarinet, an out of tune piano and a drum Machine. This album manages to maintain the organic humanistic feeling which drive all good stories, while adding an eerie blend of old synth and electronic drums. The music, the lyrics, the wavering falsetto all amalgamate with the synthetic sounds and beats to create a world very much like our own. A world strangely familiar yet eerily different. A world where the demons that haunt us take physical form. A world he asks us not only to except but to embrace, if only for twenty-one minutes and thirty seconds. If you can, your enjoyment of this album is dependent on the limits of your imagination.

Jesse LeGallais

Track Listing

• the hunter #1
• the hunter #2
• Djien
• Stone giants
• Sin Like Holy Men
• She Owl #1
• She owl #3
• She owl #2
• A Pillow
• Bloody Knife #1
• Bloody Knife #3
• Bloody Knife #2
• Good World #1
• Celebration Time
• Good World #2
• Warrior #1
• Warrior #2

Tags

• indie
• Lo-Fi
• indie pop
• experimental
• indie rock

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