"It's the same series of signals over and over again," a disembodied voice exclaims at the start of "Interstellar Hardrive." And so it is (mostly)! B-movie banter, Rezillos riffs, space-age sonic madness, frantic surf-guitar runs, sci-fi steals, valiant Ventures valedictions, scrambled transmission signals, myopic vocals, and flaming televisual heads--and that's only the first three tracks. This time around, however, the retro-future outfit with about 50 releases to their credit expand into near-techno territory (check out the excellent, spooky "Domain of the Human Race" and full-on silver-jumpsuit fest of "Engines of Difference"). "Psychology of A.I. (Numbers Follow Answers)," meanwhile, is unrequited fuzzy punk. In all, a fully realized album, and definitely one of Man or Astro-Man?'s finest moments.
TRACKLISTING:
1. Interstellar Hardrive
2. D: Contamination
3. U-235/PU-239
4. Domain of the Human Race
5. Theme from Eeviac
6. Reversal of Polarity
7. Fractionalized Reception of a Scrambled Transmission
8. Engines of Difference
9. Psychology of A.I. (Numbers Follow Answers)
10. Krasnoyask
11. Within the Mainframe, Impaired Vision from Inoperable Catarcts Can ...
12. As Estralas Agora Elas Estão Mortas
13. Myopia
14. Automated Liner Notes Sequence
