Robotboy

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BIO: The band recorded their first full-length disc, Self-Destruct and Start Again, at the Terrarium in Minneapolis in July of 2001. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Dave Gardner of the Selby Tigers, SDASA was self-released in 2002 and immediately picked up by college radio around the country. A Top 20 Add at #13, the record debuted at #179 on College Music Journal's Top 200 in April.

It received airplay on 240 college radio stations nationwide with top 30 rotation on 76 of those CMJ stations. A total of seven songs from Self-Destruct and Start Again received radio airplay. Abercrombie and Fitch profiled the record on A&F.com and used the track “Hold My Hand” as the soundtrack to A&FTV in stores nationwide.

robotboy recorded again in November, 2004 with Jason Orris at the Terrarium. The result, a 7 song EP, entitled And There Was No Future, was released in 2005. It has recieved airplay on 89.3 The Current, Cities 97, Drive 105, Radio K and KFAI. Jason Nagel of Cities 97 named robotboy in his 2005 Minnesota Music Retrospective.

“Nothing is wasted on this release; nothing is tired. What you have here is perfectly sweetened Minneapolis rock in the vein of early Soul Asylum, but with an undercurrent of morbidity that stirs uneasily below the surface.” Michael Walsh, City Pages

“Their new seven-song EP, ‘And There Was No Future.’ Co-produced by the Terrarium's Jason Orris, offers a lively, sharp crush of Clash-like punk, and it's a noticeable leap from the band's impressive 2002 debut.” Chris Riemenschneider, Star and Tribune

“robotboy’s sophomore disc, the zippy seven song EP And There Was No Future, laces touches of new-wave melody in with three-chord power guitar and David Richardson’s passionate, world-weary vocals.” The Onion

“robotboy debuts its excellent, kicky new EP.” ROSS RAIHALA, Pioneer Press

In an era of increasingly conspicuous consumption and an emphasis on quantity over quality, robotboy’s fighting lean rock serves notice that sometimes less really is more. There aren’t a lot of elements to the group’s sound, but they all fit perfectly into place, whether it’s the light sprinkling of unexpected piano plonks during the chorus of “3749,” the Cars-styled-keyboard cheez that introduces “I Can’t Remember” or the Bob-Stinson-style staccato guitar flourishes that punctuate “3-Minute Push.” Throw in a relentless rhythm section and Richardson’s softer take on the classic-curled-lip-punk bray and you’ve got a back-to-basics recipe for genuine rockitude. Rob van Alstyne, PULSE This Content page is a stub. You can help Minnewiki by expanding it.