ATHLETIC AUTOMATON is guitarist Stephen Mattos (formerly of Arab on Radar) and drummer Patrick Crump (Pellum 123 expatriate) who as a duo, add up to something rather deadly, like a seventies-era gym class gone somehow horribly wrong. Or maybe horribly right. Their second full-length album follows their Aids' Wolf collaborative LP (released earlier this year); a thunderously incessant rhythm and a swarm of Angry African Killer Bees. Songs and instrumentation alike have been reduced to key components, stripped bare of pretence until only the core remains; evaporating the distance between listener and band…. Previous Press>> Great reviews in Terrorizer, Rocksound, Big Cheese, Vice…
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