Autoclave (album) explained

Autoclave
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Autoclave
Cover:	Autoclavealbum.jpg
Released:	1997, 2002
Genre:	Math rock, indie rock, noise rock
Length:	27:36
Label:	Dischord Records^[1]
Producer:	Barrett Jones

Autoclave is a posthumous compilation album by the indie math rock band Autoclave.

The CD-only release compiles their two Mira/Dischord EPs (originally released as one 7″ and one 10″), their song from the Simple Machines Records Lever compilation 7″, plus the live favorite Paper Boy – a cover of the theme song from the video game of the same name.

It was released by Dischord Records in 1997, and was later remastered at Silver Sonya Studios and reissued in 2002 by Dischord and Mira Records. A 12" vinyl LP version was released in 2019.^[2]

Critical reception

Maximumrocknroll wrote that "Christina’s voice is truly beautiful, the lyrics are so perceptive and thoughtful and her basslines remind me of Wire songs and Nikki’s and Mary’s chopped up guitars over it are a textural dream."^[3]

Track listing

1. Go Far - 3:04
2. I'll Take You Down - 3:48
3. It's Not Real Life - 1:56
4. Dr. Seuss - 2:23
5. Still Here - 2:59
6. Hot Spurr - 2:43
7. Vision - 1:39
8. Bulls Eye - 2:18
9. I'll Take You Down (version) - 3:30
10. Summer - 2:13
11. Paper Boy - 1:03

Personnel

• Christina Billotte - vocals, bass, drums on 11
• Mary Timony - guitar, vocals
• Nikki Chapman - guitar, vocals on 8
• Melissa Berkoff - drums, bass and words on 11

Recorded by Barrett Jones, Geoff Turner, Alec Bourgeois and mixed by Brendan Canty

Notes and References

1. Web site: Autoclave - S/T (108). Dischord Records 3819 Beecher St NW. Washington. Dc 20007-1802. U.s.a. 703.351.7507. Dischord Records.
2. Web site: Mary Timony's First Band Autoclave to Reissue Self-Titled Compilation. February 19, 2019.
3. Web site: Reviews Archive | MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL.