EEVIAC (Embedded Electronic Variably Integrated Astro Console)

by Man or Astro-man?

Overview

Coming up with one of their tightest and most listenable albums to date, Man or Astro-man? apply their hard-driving, sci-fi surf-rock to something of a concept album on EEVIAC (full title: EEVIAC: Operational Index and Reference Guide, Including Other Modern Computational Devices). The exact nature of that concept is difficult to decipher -- something about an alien supercomputer and an obsession with technical jargon -- but what matters more is that the group has continued to expand its sound, using more electronic effects and de-emphasizing kitschy samples in favor of their own, electronically altered vocals. There are even a few numbers that recall the punky, amphetamine-fueled guitar-pop of early British new wave; the jams -- although still providing a few meandering moments -- generally create fleshed-out soundscapes. One of the group's better albums. ~ Steve Huey

Product Details

Release Date:	04/20/1999
Label:	Touch & Go
UPC:	0036172088911
Rank:	34653

Tracks

1. Interstellar Hardrive
2. D:Contamination
3. Medley
4. Domain of the Human Race
5. Theme From Eeviac
6. A Reversal of Polarity
7. Fractionalized Reception of a Scrambled Transmission
8. Engines of Difference
9. Psychology of A.I. (Numbers Follow Answers)
10. Medley
11. Cataracts Can Become a New Impending Nepotism
12. As Estrelas Agora Elas Estao Mortas
13. Medley
14. (Untitled)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Man or Astro-man?   Primary Artist