Transmissions from Eville explained

Transmissions from Eville
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Acumen Nation
Cover:	Transmissionsfromeville.jpg
Released:	1994
Genre:	Industrial rock
Length:	47:39 59:21 (Fifth Colvmn re-release) 74:56 (Conscience re-release)
Label:	Robot Records
Producer:	Keith "Fluffy" Auerbach and Acumen Nation
Next Title:	Territory=Universe
Next Year:	1996

Transmissions from Eville (1994) is the first album by Acumen Nation.^{[1] [2]} The original version was released under the name Acumen on Robot Records in 1994. The record was later re-released, in a significantly altered form, by Fifth Colvmn Records on February 14, 1995, then re-released again by Conscience Records on May 12, 1998.

Track listings

Robot Records release

1. "Matador" – 6:04
2. "Eville" – 5:03
3. "Frozen Shallow" – 4:40
4. "The Worms" – 3:50
5. "Father in the Wall" – 4:56
6. "Noarmsnolegs" – 5:15
7. "Sutures" – 8:33
8. "Gun Lover '94" / "Ultraviolent" – 9:18

"Ultraviolent" is not on the track listing. "Frozen Shallow" later appears on the Iron Lung Corp. album Big Shiny Spears.

Fifth Column and Conscience Records releases

1. "Initialize Transmission/Matador" – 6:24
2. "Eville" – 5:19
3. "Gun Lover" – 4:13
4. "The Worms" – 3:48
5. "F.W.M." – 4:39
6. "Father in the Wall" – 4:57
7. "Noarmsnolegs" – 5:14
8. "Anchorite" – 3:25
9. "Chameleon Skin" – 9:22
10. "Sutures" – 8:28
11. "Finalize Transmission" – 3:32
12. "Matador (Remix)" – 6:17
13. "Gun Lover (Remix)" – 4:48
14. "Ultraviolent" – 4:30

Tracks 12-14 are available only on the Conscience Records re-release. "Ultraviolent" is taken from the original demo. "The Worms" is misspelled as "The Words" on the re-release.

All songs written and arranged by Jason Novak, except tracks 4 & 6, music co-written by Ethan Novak.

Personnel

• Jason Novak – vocals, programming, backing guitars,
• Gregory A. Lopez – bass guitar, live drums on tracks 4 & 5
• Ethan Novak – guitars, live drums on tracks 2, 3, 8, 9, & 10
• Jamie "Kid" Duffy - guitars, "tech support"^[1]

Notes and References

1. News: Pratt . Tim . Acumen promises a new sound on newest release . Grand Rapids Press . 20 September 1995.
2. News: Jenkins . Mark . ACUMEN'S ROUTINE TRANSMISSIONS' - The Washington Post . . 28 September 1995.