Horses In The Sky, by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band

Horses In The Sky

by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band

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Xeredek Such a Genuine and raw expression of grief for the world and empathy for people in it.
It doesn't get more real than this. Favorite track: Mountains Made Of Steam.

peepy the immense pain, sorrow, and anger that reverberates through this album often causes me to stop and contemplate, which is something very few albums get me to do Favorite track: God Bless Our Dead Marines.

Levrikon Long-form lyrical folk with a political edge from members of Godspeed You Black Emperor. Efrim's vocals are really off putting at first and it takes a bit to get into the right headspace, but stick with it, because when you do you'll find the unsurpassed beauty waiting within. Favorite track: God Bless Our Dead Marines.

fenderchamp Horses is a powerful tour de force of a record. Excellent on all fronts. I would even say it's one of those "what just happened there" experiences, when you first listen to it.

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1.	God Bless Our Dead Marines 11:44	buy track
2.	Mountains Made Of Steam 09:28	buy track
3.	Horses In The Sky 06:39	buy track
4.	Teddy Roosevelt’s Guns 09:45	buy track
5.	Hang On To Each Other 06:38	buy track
6.	Ring Them Bells (Freedom Has Come And Gone) 13:58	buy track

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“We recorded some of it next to a campfire by the river, and the sleepy birds even chirped a little there beneath the moonlit trees; “yes we are oh yes we are thee silver mt. zion memorial orchestra and tra-la-la band”… troubled fingers strive to knit upward ladders, joyously; THESE SONGS ARE STICKY, WORRIED KNOTS – everyone sang and handclapped too – (we learned to play these songs on the road mostly…)

“THIS IS OUR TORCHED ESTATES” = 6 busted “waltzes” for world wars 4 thru 6, or the sound of our nervous unit collapsing across sing-song eruptions of anxious light and clumsy heat, “mysteryandwonder, messy hearts made of thunder,” tape recordered at thee mighty hotel2tango for all the GENTLE dreamers to cradle or discard… the politics of it is just love thy neighbour mostly, or heartbroken temper tantrums for grumpy refusers, or saucy anthems for all the stubborn dumbass resistance cadres maybe…(first song’s about war and drug addiction, fourth song’s about kanada, and the rest of it is all love songs trulytrulytruly…) the indignant critics amongst us should note that as usual there’s more questions than answers here, more complaints than solutions, and at times the group singing is a little out of tune; the name of the record is “horses in the sky”, and we thank you all for still listening".

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released March 21, 2005

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Beckie: cello, voice
Efrim: guitar, piano, voice
Ian: guitar, harmonium, voice
Jessica: violin, piano, glasses, voice
Scott: drums, percussion, guitar, mandolin, voice
Sophie: violin, trumpet, glasses, voice
Thierry: contrabass, glasses, harmonica, voice

Recorded at thee mighty Hotel2Tango in Montreal by Howard Bilerman. TRACK 5 recorded at Garfield’s fire pit. Mixed by Howard Bilerman and the Tra-La-La Band. Mastered by J.F. Chicoine

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