Automat is the first compilation album by Canadian noise rock band METZ. It was released on July 12, 2019 through Sub Pop Records, and is composed of non-album singles, b-sides, rarities, and previously unreleased work recorded from 2009 to 2015.
Automat was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 72 based on seven reviews.[2] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 6.8 out of 10, based on seven reviews.[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Alex Edkins, Chris Slorach and Hayden Menzies
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Soft Whiteout"
3:06
2.
"Lump Sums"
4:39
3.
"Dry Out"
3:55
4.
"Ripped on the Fence"
5:54
5.
"Negative Space" (7 Inch Version)
3:17
6.
"Automat"
4:00
7.
"Wet Blanket" (Demo)
3:10
8.
"Dirty Shirt"
2:29
9.
"Leave Me Outside"
3:36
10.
"Can't Understand"
2:47
11.
"Pure Auto"
3:08
12.
"Erase"
3:09
Total length:
43:05
Notes
Tracks 1-6 were recorded and mixed at Halla Music and Giant Studios in Toronto during 2009-10, originally released via We Are Busy Bodies
Track 7 was recorded in 2011 and originally released via Deadstock/Castor Design
Tracks 8-10 were recorded and mixed at the Dream House in Toronto during 2012-13, originally released via Sub Pop Records
Tracks 11-12 were recorded and mixed at Union Sound Company in Toronto in 2015, originally released via Three One G
