Born Into Trouble, by A Silver Mt Zion (CD on Constellation)
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Description: | CD on Constellation | |
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| Format: | CD | ||
| Label: | Constellation | ||
| Price: | £11.99 | ||
| Availability: | despatched in 2-5 working days (on average!!) |
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What the label says:This second Silver Mt. Zion album features an expanded band, with a
similarly expanded band name. The addition of cello, second violin and
second guitar has allowed SMZ to develop richer, denser arrangements
while preserving live ensemble playing. The opening instrumental pieces
pick up where the debut left off, with found-sound loops and treatments
introducing repeated melodic themes that move slowly through various
counter-melodies -- the greater breadth of instrumentation brings extra
subtlety, complexity and harmonic range to bear on these neo-classical
dirges. Guitars and vocals move to the fore on the album's centerpiece
tracks. "Take These Hands And Throw Them In The River" is an astounding
juxtaposition of rhythmic thrust and ricocheting vocals, driven by a
battered lyrical paranoia that conjures equal parts fear and rage. The
calm after this storming piece comes by way of another vocal tune, this
time fragile and near-whispered, with dual lines that alternately mask
and reinforce each other. A piano and cello interlude prefaces the last
side of the record, which features two guitar-driven songs, the first a
blazing rock piece that builds to an exuberant distorted climax, the
second as close to a pop masterpiece as this band is likely to craft,
highlighted by a lovely arpeggio guitar riff and the defiant refrain
"musicians are cowards". While remaining anchored in an underlying
sadness and mourning over this failed world, this album reveals an
angrier, more urgent face as this unique ensemble charts ever-widening
sonic and emotional terrain. |
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