As an avid fan of post-rock I've listened to a fair bit of it in my time. Like many people, Godspeed You! Black Emperor were one of the first bands I encountered and came to love in the genre. I think GY!BE produce untouchable and flawless music and thus my excitement shot through the roof when I first heard about A Silver Mt Zion, who are an offshoot of the band, containing several members of GY!... read more
Description:There is much to explore in Silver Mt Zion's Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upwards. The first movement ("Sisters! Brothers! Small Boats of Fire are Falling from the Sky!") is a lush, richly scored orchestral piece, with found sound loops and complex instrumentation all contributing to a truly uplifting, climatic dirge.There is much to explore in Silver Mt Zion's Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upwards. The first movement ("Sisters! Brothers! Small Boats of Fire are Falling from the Sky!") is a lush, richly scored orchestral piece, with found sound loops and complex instrumentation all contributing to a truly uplifting, climatic dirge. The second movement is much slower, with more traditional rock elements--feedback, silence and discordant guitars--creeping in among the neo-classical instruments. It's the album's centrepiece track "Take These Hands and Throw Them in the River" which really astonishes, however-imperilled ricocheting vocals, violins wailing like The Dirty Three, suffocating atmosphere like Mogwai, lyrical paranoia, a pulsating beat, all building up to a tumultuous climax. After the storm comes the lull, with birds twittering and cooing, but the pace soon builds up again culminating in another climax of distortion and noise, a pop melody and a final arpeggio guitar. The message at the end is "Musicians are cowards". --Everett True... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Constellation Release date : 5 November 2001 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 0666561001827 UPC: 666561001827
“As an avid fan of post-rock I've listened to a fair bit of it in my time. Like many people, Godspeed You! Black Emperor were one of the first bands I encountered and came to love in the genre. I think GY!BE produce untouchable and flawless music and thus my excitement shot through the roof when I first heard about A Silver Mt Zion, who are an offshoot of the band, containing several members of GY!BE.
My first experience with ASMZ was not all fantastic. At first I was exclusively opposed to the somewhat scratchy and whiny lyrics I heard in their most recent album Horses in the sky. I kept the faith and attained their debut album He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms... and it was a significant improvement, but still it did not match the h” read more
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