Robot Ate Me's Ryland Bouchard is a bit of a mad genius, throwing crackly samples, vitriolic political commentary, waltz-time rhythms, hand-made artwork, sweetly innocent electronic bleeps and gurgles, and cryptically wonderful lyrics into a bizarre yet enlightening musical melange that delicately walks the line between insanity and sheer, impenetrable brilliance. The band's ambitious double-disc album On Vacation roars out the gates with a bang, having the guts to tackle issues such as genocide, politic...   [ read more ]

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Carousel Waltz finds Ryland Bouchard (The Robot Ate Me) responding to political insanity and personal tragedy with an album based on hope, love, and the importance of transforming sorrow into joy. While previous albums found Ryland's beautifully skewed pop songs occasionally obscured by intrepid experimentation and obtuse subject matter, Carousel Waltz is, on the contrary, disarmingly sweet, hopeful, and is quite possibly his most realized work to date. Carousel Waltz follows in the tradition of similar cr...   [ read more ]

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This double CD was originally self-released by the band only through their web site and at shows in 2004 to general excitement and acclaim. It's now available for the first time in stores. A CD of new material will follow in May. "A hypnotic two-disc record that will score your twisted nightmares and fanciful dreams"--Punk Planet.

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