The Robot Ate Me

“The Robot Ate Me的世界，是三個低調獨立的另類家伙的遮陽傘和避風港，在這首歌里，他們用一種近乎童話式的和聲憂傷旋律構造了一個隨風漂移的避難所，并且用一種閉著眼睛倒著走的方式，逃離了現實的冷酷與挫折，只身趕赴只有一個人的約會，一路上還陶然自樂，唱著只有天上跌跌撞撞的云朵才能聽懂的歌，一支簡單真摯，清涼澄凈的低調小曲”
by Margaret Reges
Ryland Bouchard masterminded the idiosyncratic, experimental indie pop project the Robot Ate Me in 2002. His first album, They Ate Themselves, which was comprised of the kind of drifting, spacy indie pop that nodded to bands like Sparklehorse and the Flaming Lips, was released on Swim Slowly that year. The album made ripples in the indie scene, and the following year found Bouchard on tour backed by David Greenberg, Are-Jay Hoffman, and William Haworth. The Robot Ate Me's sophomore album, 2004's On Vacation, turned out to be Bouchard's final release on Swim Slowly; the album was re-released the following year on 5 Rue Christine the following year. 2005 also heralded the release of Bouchard's third studio album, Carousel Waltz, which was arguably one of Bouchard's most pop-oriented releases to date, offering up delectably restrained indie pop tracks like "Bad Feelings." Bouchard's fourth album, Good World, came out the following year; it found the artist returning to the manic, experimental sound that characterized his pre-Carousel works.