Chicago, IL – With their debut EP Not Today, Terminator, Chicago punk band Eat It AI crashes onto the scene in under 17 minutes, bringing a tightly-wound mix of high-speed aggression, emotional clarity, and pointed social critique. Released on Algorithemic Society Records and now streaming on Spotify and major platforms, the six-track collection refuses to separate the personal from the political — choosing instead to burn straight through dystopia with heart in hand.
The EP opens with the title track, a chaotic confrontation with tech dependence and emotional automation. The tempo never lets up, and neither does the tension. From there, “RU Afraid of the Dark?” delivers a jarring vision of ICE raids and algorithmic surveillance, pairing childhood fear with modern terror in lines like, “AI’s watching—and it’s wearing your face now.”
But the EP isn’t just noise and fire. “Binghamton” shifts into something more intimate — a love song built on simplicity and small-town stillness: “Nothing to do, but I’m here with you.” It’s the kind of punk that smiles in the face of collapse and calls that resistance. Similarly, the track “Eat It AI” turns inward, exploring the compromises of convenience and the erosion of authenticity that can come with it.
The album art — featuring a knife-wielding woman protecting ducks from a red-eyed robot — echoes the EP’s essence: emotional revolt in a world of systems, fire, and fear.
Not Today, Terminator is out now on all streaming platforms.
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