Pills Vs. Planes

In stock for the first time is Ativin's debut from 1996, which features their trademark soft-to-loud transitions and post-punk. " This mixed blessing faces listeners of Ativin, a Bloomington, Ind., three-piece of guitarists Dan Burton and Chris Carothers and drummer Rory Leitch. To even verbalize just what the band's music is like tests the very vocabulary of this critic. Taking its inspiration from the dawn of post-rock (Slint, Rodan), Ativin has created five songs on Pills Vs. Planes that utilize a tension-release concept to convey themes of despair, confusion and anger. That's not to say Ativin's music is completely dark and/or depressing. In almost every piece on Pills, one can find some glimmer of a melody or catchy interlude. It's music for contemplation or introspection." -- Jonathan Cohen, Nude as the News