Kollaps Tradixionales is the sixth full-length album by the experimental rock group Thee Silver Mt. Zion under the name Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra. It was released in February 2010 on Constellation Records.[6] The songs "I Built Myself a Metal Bird", "I Fed My Metal Bird the Wings of Other Metal Birds" and "There Is a Light" were played on earlier tours.[7]
| Kollaps Tradixionales | ||||
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| Released | February 8, 2010 (Europe) February 16, 2010 (World) | |||
| Recorded | Hotel2Tango, Montreal, 2009 | |||
| Length | 56:40 | |||
| Label | Constellation CST063 | |||
| Producer | Howard Bilerman | |||
| Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.3/10)[3] |
| PopMatters |   [4] |
| The Skinny | [5] |
For this album, the band started a blog on their official website. This is also the first record with drummer David Payant, after the former drummer Eric Craven left the band.
Typical for Constellation Records releases, the album was released with some extras. The CD comes in a gatefold, paperboard jacket. The vinyl is available as a double 10" that includes a copy of the CD, a 16-page art book with collages made by Menuck and filmmaker/photographer Jem Cohen, and a limited edition poster.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "There Is a Light" | 15:19 |
| 2. | "I Built Myself a Metal Bird" | 6:17 |
| 3. | "I Fed My Metal Bird the Wings of Other Metal Birds" | 6:18 |
| 4. | "Kollapz Tradixional (Thee Olde Dirty Flag)" | 6:09 |
| 5. | "Collapse Traditional (For Darling)" | 1:29 |
| 6. | "Kollaps Tradicional (Bury 3 Dynamos)" | 6:48 |
| 7. | "'Piphany Rambler" | 14:19 |
Personnel
edit- Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
- Thierry Amar – contrabass, horn arrangement, vocals
- Efrim Menuck – guitar, organ, piano, vocals
- Jessica Moss – violin, vocals
- David Payant – drums, organ, piano, vocals
- Sophie Trudeau – violin, vocals
- Horn section on "There Is a Light"
- Gordon Allen – trumpet
- Adam Kinner – tenor saxophone
- Matana Roberts – alto saxophone
- Jason Sharp – baritone saxophone
- Production
- Howard Bilerman – production
- Radwan Moumneh – production
- Harris Newman at Greymarket – mastering
References
edit- ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ Pop Matters review
- ^ The Skinny review
- ^ "Album Info at the webpage of Constellation Records". Archived from the original on April 10, 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2009.
- ^ "1st half of the song "I Built Myself a Metal Bird, I Fed My Metal Bird the Wings of Other Metal Birds" by Thee Silver Mount Zion Orchestra And Tra-La-La Band, Des Moines, IA, May 28, 2008 (Video on YouTube.com)". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021.