Acrobatic Tenement

Acrobatic Tenement is the debut album from At the Drive-In, released in 1996. 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. The album, along with In/Casino/Out and Relationship of Command, was reissued by Fearless Records in 2004.

"Ebroglio" was written about Julio Venegas, a close friend of the band, who committed suicide in 1996. Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López, as The Mars Volta, would later record and dedicate the album De-Loused in the Comatorium entirely to Venegas.

Track listing

1. "Star Slight"  – 1:18
2. "Schaffino"  – 2:49
3. "Ebroglio"  – 2:47
4. "Initiation"  – 3:26
5. "Communication Drive-In"  – 1:44
6. "Skips on the Record"  – 3:07
7. "Paid Vacation Time"  – 3:33
8. "Ticklish"  – 4:35
9. "Blue Tag"  – 3:17
10. "Coating of Arms"  – 2:46
11. "Porfirio Diaz"  – 2:58

Personnel

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

References