On their second full-length album the band devolves without diminishing. Songs & instrumentation have been reduced to key components, stripped bare of pretense until only the core remains, evaporating the distance between listener & band. This is minimalism set on heavy & trance gone sour. While deceptively simple & repetitive, the music is never rigid, never complacent or familiar. Alternately a swirl of precision and a countercurrent of resistance, Athletic Automaton is unafraid to find virtue in the accidental while remaining purposeful & determined.
01 The small ball game - 2:10 02 Roman's empire a.d. - 5:11 03 The gladiators sandal fight - 8:53 04 Ceasar's haircut - 4:11 05 Achilles last tendon - 2:14 06 A circus maximus - 6:48 07 Hands without feet - 7:45 08 The smaller ballgame - 16:12