Eeviac

Rating

Album: Eeviac: Operational Index and Reference Guide, Including Other Modern Computational Devices
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Interstellar Hardrive	More Info...	0:02
2)	D:contamination	More Info...	0:02
3)	U-235/PU-239	More Info...	0:02
4)	Domain of the Human Race	More Info...	0:01
5)	Theme from Eeviac	More Info...	0:02
6)	A Reversal of Polarity	More Info...	0:03
7)	Fractionalized Reception of a Scrambled Transmission	More Info...	0:01
8)	Engines of Difference	More Info...	0:02
9)	Psychology of A.I. (Numbers Follow Answers)	More Info...	0:01
10)	Krasnoyask-26	More Info...	0:01
11)	Within the Mainframe, Impaired Vision from Inoperable Cataracts Can Become a New Impending Nepotism	More Info...	0:03
12)	As Estrelas Agora Elas Esto Mort	More Info...	0:03
13)	_____ /myopia	More Info...	0:06
14)	Credits	More Info...	0:03

Album: Eeviac: Operational Index and Reference Guide, Including Other Modern Computational Devices
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Interstellar Hardrive	More Info...	0:02
2)	D:contamination	More Info...	0:02
3)	U-235/PU-239	More Info...	0:02
4)	Domain of the Human Race	More Info...	0:01
5)	Theme from Eeviac	More Info...	0:02
6)	A Reversal of Polarity	More Info...	0:03
7)	Fractionalized Reception of a Scrambled Transmission	More Info...	0:01
8)	Engines of Difference	More Info...	0:02
9)	Psychology of A.I. (Numbers Follow Answers)	More Info...	0:01
10)	Krasnoyask-26	More Info...	0:01
11)	Within the Mainframe, Impaired Vision from Inoperable Cataracts Can Become a New Impending Nepotism	More Info...	0:03
12)	As Estrelas Agora Elas Esto Mort	More Info...	0:03
13)	_____ /myopia	More Info...	0:06
14)	Credits	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

For those old enough to remember the following bands, the best way to summarize Man or Astro-Man? is to describe their sound as a cross between the Ventures and Devo. For those not old enough, the band plays primarily instrumental rock & roll influenced by the instrumental surf music of the 1960s (Ventures, Dick Dale) and music (and stories) from cheesy '50s/'60s/'70s science-fiction movies. The accelerated, streamlined punk rock of the Ramones is also evident. They use bits of dialogue "sampled" from some of the sci-fi films you might see on late-night TV (or the cable-network show "Mystery Science Theater 2000"). Those who like their rock music fast, irreverent, without too much polish (though MoA-M certainly aren't sloppy--far from it), noisy and careening out of control, EEVIAC will take you where few have gone before.

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (4/30/99, p.97) - "...If the Ventures had grown up listening to the B-52's instead of Hank Marvin, they might have sounded like Man Or Astro-man? Here, the band cooks up more variations on its' tremolo-drenched instrumetnal set pieces, oscillating betweenn hyperspeed wipeouts and electro-pop nuttiness." - Rating: A-

The Wire (7/99, p.64) - "...Dick Dale/Silver Surfer cosmic fusions....the closing two tracks, which fire on a particularly volatile rocket fuel of shrill surfboard guitars and space echo."

CMJ (4/19/99, p.5) - "...the album is a retro throwback, ironically dotted with futuristic clicks, beeps and loops....EEVIAC is a complete and thorough package of entertainment..."