They Ate Themselves

Robot Ate Me | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Standard Recording
• ASIN: B000095J6O
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #437,599 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Our Bones Were Chalk

2. Tied to the Car

3. They Ate Themselves

4. Sugar and My Rotted Teeth

5. You Smile

6. A Harp (And How You Cut My Strings)

7. After the War

8. Kept Our Hands Warm

9. What It Felt Like to Fall

10. Everyone Was Still

11. We Ate Each Other

12. In the Fire

13. What We Thought Was Fog

14. Goodnight: I Almost Died

15. They Killed You

16. So We Stopped

17. You Died... an Afterthought

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Out of Stock, February 6, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: They Ate Themselves (Audio CD)

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.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At least they're honest., January 22, 2004

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Bob Does Things (North Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: They Ate Themselves (Audio CD)

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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting trip into your mind., December 18, 2003

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Pete Borcz (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: They Ate Themselves (Audio CD)

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.