1. Cerebral Chop Socky
2. Adam, 2073 A.D.
3. Systematic Dance of the Voyds
4. Adam, 2073 A.D. (Stomberg Mix)
5. Welcome to the Anesthetic

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Greg Stomberg
Dan Susnara
Ken Clinger

SPLENDID•EZINE, October 2, 2004
Let's not beat around the bush here; the best way to describe this (ahem) creation is "fucking weird!" First, there's the disc's packaging: hand-written, photocopied album art on which the band's name and album title are illegible. No contact information is included, apart from a postal address in Oregon, Illinois, so you couldn't feasibly acquire this elusive album even if you wanted to. And finally, there's the matter of the music itself, which is just plain tripped-out. Judging by the disconnected shifts in style, the fuckall experimental sampling (including everything from cracking whips to creepy robot voices) and the low-key chanted narrative, we're guessing that the album's creators have ingested copious amounts of hallucinogens. Either that, or they've stopped taking something they should be taking.

To be fair, they also demonstrate a firm grasp on music composition; the tracks (or rather track, as the disc presents as a single, 25-minute song despite its cryptic track listing) are best when combining Eno-esque psych rock and folksy choruses. Still, that's not enough to dispel the feeling that Adam, 2073 AD simply has to synch up with some oddball movie -- think Alice in Wonderland + Pink Floyd's The Wall. In fact, there are definite suggestions of an epic narrative here, so perhaps it was created by closeted geniuses attempting to convey an imperative message to the world. Unfortunately, if that's the case, said message was distorted by the fucking weird delivery method. —Melissa Amos