THE NATIONAL ACROBAT

THE NATIONAL ACROBAT
FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSE IS DEAD (2000)
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One of many bands that never seemed to get their due during their existence, THE NATIONAL ACROBAT established a legacy that finds the band reaching nearer to legendary status as each year passes. Its members have gone on to form the backbone of Louisville, Kentucky’s current indie music scene in Black Cross (Equal Vision Records & Initial Records), Christiansen (Revelation Records), Breather Resist (Jade Tree), and Initial’s newest signing – Lords. Along with their friends and contemporaries in CAVE IN, ISIS, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, BURN IT DOWN, HARKONEN, ANODYNE, BURNT BY THE SUN, KEELHAUL and others, they were part of a brief but important explosion of bands formed with roots in the ideas and urgency of hardcore, yet forging beyond that genre’s restraints to include elements of many other musical styles.
While THE NATIONAL ACROBAT took their cues from sources like THE NATION OF ULYSSES, BORN AGAINST, DEADGUY, DRIVE LIKE JEHU, and JESUS LIZARD, they were often compared to then-contemporary bands such as REFUSED, INK & DAGGER, and BOTCH. A must try for any hardcore lover.

1. Don't Forget to Write
2. Apter Into
3. Transparent Apparatus
4. Blood Is Sweeter Than Honey
5. The Value of Amputated Foreskin
6. Eyes the Size of Organs
7. The Prophecy of Old Sage
8. Untitled 1
9. Untitled 2