Horses in the Sky

Horses in the Sky
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Studio album by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
Released	March 7, 2005
Recorded	Hotel2Tango
Genre	Post-rock
Length	58:12
Label	Constellation
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com link Dusted (favorable) 2005 Pitchfork Media (7.1/10) 2005
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band chronology
The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P. (2004) Horses in the Sky (2005) 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons (2008)
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Horses in the Sky (2005) is the fourth album by the Canadian post-rock band Silver Mt. Zion, this time under the alias Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band. This is the first Silver Mt. Zion release to feature lyrics (an aspect of the band distinguishing it from parent group Godspeed You! Black Emperor) on every track.

Overview

On its record label page, the band described the album as "6 busted 'waltzes' for world wars 4 thru 6" (sic), noting that "first song's about war and drug addiction, fourth song's about kanada, and the rest of it is all love songs" (sic). Track 5, the song "Hang on to Each Other" was recorded "next to a campfire by the river", "at Garfield's fire pit".

The album was released on vinyl on March 7, 2005 in Europe and March 21, 2005 in North America, and on CD on March 21, 2005 in Europe and April 4, 2005 in North America. On the fourth side of the double vinyl set, there are designs etched onto the surface of the record (credited to Nadia Moss in the liner notes).

Track listing

1. "God Bless Our Dead Marines" – 11:44
2. "Mountains Made of Steam" – 9:28
3. "Horses in the Sky" – 6:39
4. "Teddy Roosevelt's Guns" – 9:45
5. "Hang on to Each Other" – 6:38
6. "Ring Them Bells (Freedom Has Come and Gone)" – 13:58

All music and lyrics by Silver Mt. Zion.

Personnel

Musical

• Becky Foon – cello, voice
• Efrim Menuck – guitar, piano, voice
• Ian Ilavsky – guitar, harmonium, voice
• Jessica Moss – violin, piano, glasses, voice
• Scott Levine Gilmore – drums, percussion, guitar, mandolin, voice
• Sophie Trudeau – violin, trumpet, glasses, voice
• Thierry Amar – contrabass, glasses, harmonica, voice

Technical

• Recording: Howard Bilerman
• Mixing: Howard Bilerman & the band
• Mastering: J. F. Chicoine

Graphical

• Luc Paradis – drawings (dead marine, horse, bird)
• Nadia Moss – side 4 etching
• Silver Mt. Zion – other collages and scribblings

References

• Horses in the Sky at Constellation Records
• Horses in the Sky CD liner notes, CST033-2

External links

Lyrics at the official website

• "God Bless Our Dead Marines" p. 1 & 2
• "Mountains Made of Steam" p. 1 & 2
• "Horses in the Sky"
• "Teddy Roosevelt's Guns"
• "Hang on to Each Other" p. 1 & 2 & 3
• "Ring Them Bells (Freedom Has Come and Gone)" p. 1 & 2