Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #128155 in Digital Music Album
• Released on: 2009-06-23
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Customer Reviews

Unsurprisingly, excellent.
No Knife, in a word, rock. The band's previous two efforts, "Drunk on the Moon" and "Hit Man Dreams" were both excellent collections, putting this San Diego band head and shoulders above the rest of the emo-core pack, and are revered in that scene. "Fire in the City of Automatons" slows down the pace a bit; most of the songs lean closer to NK's slower previous cuts as "Bad Landing," "Ephedrine" and the title track from "Hit Man Dreams" (with the exceptions of "Academy Flight Song" and "Short Term Memory") but the mid-to-slow-tempo songs are a sight to behold. Songs such as "Minus One," "Secret Handshake" and the moody "Angel Bomb" are some of the most beautiful songs that easily defy the soundalike "emo" category and are in a class all their own. My advice to you, the self-respecting music fan: buy this album immediately and if you haven't already, pick up this band's earlier records as well. I promise you will not be disappointed.

Musically Precise and Expertly Written
"Fire in the City of Automatons" is by far one of the top discs in my collection. It's music is hard to describe and No Knife is as well. Taking a step forward from their previous releases into an almost unknown realm and unleashing a mass of harmonies and accidentals at the same time turning the songs into mini masterpieces. From "Spy"'s sullen off-beat tempos to "Short Term Memory"'s hard rocking, overall this album is worthy of many collections around the world. I recommend this to anyone who thinks emo [is bad] or anyone who loves rock and punk but is fed up with the pop scene. I thank No Knife for writing this album and all who were involved in the inspiration and recording.

A musical masterpiece!
i've recently been introduced to this band and am already a devoted fan. no knife creates wonderful music that is both beautiful and agressive all at once. indie, emo, call them what you want but no knife is in a category by itself. although my fav is HIT MAN DREAMS, Fire in the City of Automatons is also a brilliant album my fav song is Mission Control. if you love rock music this is definately a rock album that you need. i put no knife right up there with radiohead and the pixies as one of my favorite bands.