Acrobatic Tenement
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| Studio album by At the Drive-In | ||||
| Released | August 18, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Late July, 1996 | |||
| Studio | Commercial Soundworks Hollywood, CA | |||
| Genre | Post-hardcore, noise pop, punk rock | |||
| Length | 32:20 | |||
| Label | Flipside | |||
| Producer | Blaze James, Doug Green | |||
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| Consequence of Sound | C+ |
| Drowned in Sound | 10/10 |
| Pitchfork | 6.5/10 |
Acrobatic Tenement is the debut studio album by American post-hardcore band At the Drive-In, released on August 18, 1996 on Flipside. The album, along with In/Casino/Out and Relationship of Command, was reissued by Fearless Records in 2004, and was re-released again in 2013.
Only one of the album's tracks made it to the 2005 compilation album, This Station Is Non-Operational, with "Initiation" appearing as a live BBC recording.
The album was initially released on August 18, 1996 exclusively on CD format through the Los Angeles independent record label/fanzine Flipside after a few of the label's staff members were impressed by the band's performance in a small Los Angeles club. The record was recorded in Los Angeles for only $600 after concluding a U.S. tour. Reflecting upon the aftermath of recording Acrobatic Tenement, vocalist Cedric Bixler stated in 2013: "Before [the album's release], the band had broken up. We did a U.S. tour and we decided to split up. I always needed Jim to be there, but he'd had a falling out with Omar. We'd made a bunch of dumb moves at the time — kicked the drummer [Ryan Sawyer] who was on the record out, and then the other guitar player [Adam Amparan] — but then Tony and Paul came and played. Omar switched to guitar at the time, because he played bass on that album, so when we played live, it was a lot different."
Much of the album, including the track "Ebroglio", was inspired by the life and suicide of Julio Venegas, a friend of the band. Venegas later became the inspiration of The Mars Volta's 2003 album De-Loused in the Comatorium.
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