Cat No: SP1290X

1. Soft Whiteout
2. Lump Sums
3. Dry Up
4. Ripped on the Fence
5. Negative Space (7 inch version)
6. Automat
7. Wet Blanket (Demo)
8. Dirty Shirt
9. Leave Me Out
10. Cant Understand
11. Pure Auto
12. Eraser
13. Pig *vinyl-only bonus 7″ track
14. Im a Bug *vinyl-only bonus 7″ track
15. M.E. *vinyl-only bonus 7″ track

During that tumultuous chunk of time METZ, comprised of Alex Edkins, Hayden Menzies, and Chris Slorach, have cemented their reputation as one of the planet’s most exhilarating live acts and trusted providers of bombastic outsider rock.

Which brings us to Automat, a collection of non-album singles, B-sides, and rarities dating back to 2009, available on LP for the first time, and including the band’s long out-of-print early (pre-Sub Pop) recordings. Included here are the bands first three 7″ singles, recorded 2009-2010 and originally released by We Are Busy Bodies Records; a demo version of Wet Blanket, the explosive single from 2012s METZ; two tracks from the limited-edition bonus single that accompanied pre-orders of METZ; Cant Understand, originally released in 2013 by [adult swim]; and both tracks from the bands 2015 single on Three One G.

Consumers of the vinyl format of Automat will be rewarded with a bonus single that includes three additional tracks: a cover of Sparklehorses Pig, from a very limited 2012 Record Store Day split single originally released by Torontos Sonic Boom record shop; Im a Bug, a cover of The Urinals art-punk classic, originally released on YouTube (not an actual record label) in 2014; and METZs previously unreleased rendition of Gary Numans M.E.  All tracks on Automat have been lovingly remastered for maximum soundiness by Matthew Barnhart at Chicago Mastering Service.