Transit Transit

Transit Transit
Studio album by
Autolux
ReleasedAugust 3, 2010 (2010-08-03)
GenreExperimental rock, electronic
Length42:02
LabelATP Recordings, TBD Records
ProducerAutolux
Autolux chronology
Future Perfect
(2004) 		Transit Transit
(2010) 		Pussy's Dead
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBC(positive)[2]
The Boston Phoenix[3]
Consequence of Sound[4]
NME[5]

Transit Transit is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Autolux, released on August 3, 2010, on TBD Records (USA) and ATP Recordings (outside of North America/Japan).

Background

Autolux produced Transit Transit themselves with guitarist/vocalist Greg Edwards serving as engineer. Most of the record was recorded at Space 23, the band's makeshift studio in their rehearsal room near downtown Los Angeles. A few drum tracks - "Highchair", "Spots" and "The Science of Imaginary Solutions" - came from an earlier session with engineer John Goodmanson. The title track (the last song to be recorded) was recorded in Denmark by Edwards, using a virtually unplayable upright piano and a sample of a coffin-style freezer found in a nearby basement, and then finished back in Los Angeles.

"Audience No. 2" was self-released on May 21, 2008, to college radio while the band continued to write and record songs that would finally end up on Transit Transit. The single also included two B-sides: the instrumental track "Fat Kid" and a cover of the Beatles' "Helter Skelter".

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Transit Transit"2:54
2."Census"4:40
3."High Chair"3:26
4."Supertoys"4:38
5."Spots"4:37
6."The Bouncing Wall"3:43
7."Audience No. 2"4:35
8."Kissproof"3:27
9."Headless Sky"4:06
10."The Science of Imaginary Solutions"6:03

Credits

References

  1. ^ "AllMusic review".
  2. ^ "BBC review".
  3. ^ "Phoenix review".
  4. ^ "Consequence of Sound review".
  5. ^ "NME review".