Acrobatic Tenement is the debut studio album by American post-hardcore band At the Drive-In, released on February 18, 1997, on Flipside.[5] The album, along with In/Casino/Out and Relationship of Command, was reissued by Fearless Records in 2004, and was re-released again in 2013.

Acrobatic Tenement
Studio album by At the Drive-In
Released	February 18, 1997
Recorded	Late July, 1996
Studio	Commercial Soundworks Hollywood, CA
Genre	Post-hardcore, emo
Length	32:20
Label	Flipside
Producer	Blaze James, Doug Green
At the Drive-In chronology
¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo! (1995) Acrobatic Tenement (1997) El Gran Orgo (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Consequence of Sound	C+ [2]
Drowned in Sound	10/10 [3]
Pitchfork	6.5/10[4]

Only one of the album's tracks made it to the 2005 compilation album, This Station Is Non-Operational, with "Initiation" appearing as a live BBC recording.

Background and recording

The album was initially released on August 18, 1996, exclusively on CD format through the Los Angeles independent record label/fanzine Flipside after a few of the label's staff members were impressed by the band's performance in a small Los Angeles club.[6] The record was recorded in Los Angeles for only $600 after concluding a U.S. tour.[3] The album has been noted for its lack of distortion, which is due to the fact that guitarist Jim Ward believed his recordings wouldn't be used for the final master.[7] Reflecting upon the aftermath of recording Acrobatic Tenement, vocalist Cedric Bixler stated in 2013: "Before [the album's release], the band had broken up. We did a U.S. tour and we decided to split up. I always needed Jim to be there, but he'd had a falling out with Omar. We'd made a bunch of dumb moves at the time — kicked the drummer [Ryan Sawyer] who was on the record out, and then the other guitar player [Adam Amparan] — but then Tony and Paul came and played. Omar switched to guitar at the time, because he played bass on that album, so when we played live, it was a lot different."[8]

Much of the album, including the track "Embroglio," was inspired by the life and suicide of Julio Venegas, a friend of the band.[9] Venegas later became the inspiration of The Mars Volta's 2003 album De-Loused in the Comatorium.

Track listing

Personnel

• Cedric Bixler – Lead vocals
• Jim Ward – Guitar, back-up vocals
• Adam Amparan – Guitar
• Omar Rodríguez – Bass
• Ryan Sawyer – Drums

References

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