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Posted : admin On 09.01.2020Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band in April 2007Background informationAlso known asA Silver Mt. ZionThee Silver Mountain ReveriesThee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band with ChoirOrigin,Genres,Years active1999–presentLabelsAssociated acts,WebsiteMembersDavid PayantPast membersScott Levine GilmoreIan IlavskyEric CravenThee Silver Mt.
Zion Memorial Orchestra is a band which formed in 1999, originating from,. Variations of the name used on the band's releases include A Silver Mt. Zion, The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, The Silver Mt.
Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band with Choir and Thee Silver Mountain Reveries); the group use the shorthand SMZ and their name is most often simplified to Silver Mt. The group has undergone almost yearly personnel changes, evolving by stages from a mostly instrumental trio at the time of their first recordings into an eight-piece group, and then in 2008 into a strongly vocal quintet.Silver Mt. Zion's music has been described as '; Singer and guitarist identifies with the ethos and aesthetic. The band has released seven studio albums and one EP, publishing them through the record label Constellation.
Efrim Menuck playing with Godspeed You! Black Emperor in November 2000.Silver Mt. Zion began as a framework for Efrim Menuck, a guitarist in Montreal-based musical collective, to develop his knowledge of and music scoring, and to work on musical ideas which didn't fit into the format of his band. Menuck enlisted and, who were also involved with Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
The band made their live debut on March 6, 1999 at Musique Fragile, a performance venue organized by the record label Constellation. They released their debut album, a little over a year later on March 27, 2000.Godspeed You! Black Emperor rarely features vocals, relying instead on audio samples; similarly themed samples appear on Silver Mt. Zion's debut album.
Menuck does sing on two tracks - 'Movie (Never Made)' and 'Blown-out Joy from Heaven's Mercied Hole'.Expanding membership (2000–2004). Sophie TrudeauBefore the release of their second album, the band recruited three more musicians, expanding the group to a sextet. The new members were, Ian Ilavsky, and Jessica Moss. The name of the band was changed to reflect the larger membership; they were officially called The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band.While some tracks on Born into Trouble reflect the building but repetitive and instrumental nature of their first album, some tracks are more song-like in structure and rely more on vocals. On 'Take These Hands and Throw Them in the River', the vocal parts finish with a building wall of noise dynamic while 'Could've Moved Mountains' features double-tracked vocals that the listener has to strain to hear.In early 2001 the band set out on an extensive tour of. During their 5-hours flight to Europe the band members wrote “The triumph of our tired eyes”.
Soon after their return, the song 'The born into trouble as the sparks fly upwards” was written.With the same lineup, but with the name of the band slightly expanded to reflect the change in sound and membership, The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band with Choir released 'This Is Our Punk-Rock,' Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing in 2003.
The album featured four tracks each lasting over ten minutes in length and had more singing as well as bigger emphasis on drums in two of the tracks. Thee Rusted Satellite Choir features twenty-four names. The album appeared on the!earshot National Top 50 Chart in September, 2003.After a break due to activities, the band set out on a brief Canadian tour at end of January 2004; they then travelled to Europe, where they toured from mid-February through the end of March. That winter Scott Levine Gilmore from Black ox orkestar joined the band and they began performing in a semi-circle on the stage. Following their performance at the festival, they headed across the Atlantic again in December for a tour of the,The line-up was expanded again to include Gilmore, a mandolinist and guitarist.
The choir dropped, the band now added an extra 'e' to the first word of their full title becoming Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band for the release of their fourth full-length record. Horses in the Sky (2005) has six tracks, all with vocals. Following a short tour of eastern Canada, in August that year the band performed for the first time in the United States in,.
Plans for a longer tour were cut short after Trudeau, one of two for the band, broke her. In that time, Gilmore left the band and was replaced by former drummer Eric Craven.13 Blues for Thirteen Moons (2006–2008) In 2006, the band headed to at the end of April and they played shows up until the start of June.
A tour of and the (Silver Mt. Zion's first) began in late July and continued until the end of August.
The tour debuted two new songs, 'BlindBlindBlind' and '1,000,000 Died to Make This Sound'. In a follow-up 2007 tour of Europe, they premiered another two new songs, 'Engine Broke' and the title song of their, which was released in March 2008 and contains all four tracks.
The album also contains 12 short tracks of and feedback which feed into each other to create a fifth piece on the album, acting as a prologue to the album-proper, which, appropriate to its name begins on track 13.Silver Mt. Zion then toured first Europe and then North America, premiering two new songs, 'I Built Myself a Metal Bird, I Fed My Metal Bird the Wings of Other Metal Birds' and 'There's a Light'. In the summer of 2008, the band's lineup changed again as Eric Craven, and Ian Ilavsky resigned. After their leaving the band lost the words 'tra-la-la band' from its name. At that time David Payant joined to fill the role as drummer and the band officially renamed themselves Thee Silver Mt.
Zion Memorial Orchestra. In September that year the new lineup played at the New York ATP Festival.Vic Chesnutt collaboration and Kollaps Tradixionales (2009–present) The members of Thee Silver Mt. Zion contributed to two works by: the 2007 album and the 2009 album. Both were released by Constellation Records. In the spring of 2009, the band began working on recording material for their album, which was released in February 2010. The album contained the two new songs from the previous tour, some songs written when they were 'tra-la-la band', and some new compositions.
The band began a tour of the UK and Europe in March 2010, beginning with a positively reviewed sold-out show in. They performed at the festival in October 2011 in,. The setlist included a new composition entitled 'What We Loved was Not Enough'. Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything (2014) A new album from the band was released in January, 2014. It was shorter than most of their previous ones, and was recorded at Valcourt Studio.In an interview with on his Kreative Kontrol podcast, Menuck reported plans to release a Record Store Day 12' and an EP later in the year, both of which the band had just finished recording. Style Music, lyrics and themes While Menuck writes most of the words sung or spoken in the band's pieces, other band members also contribute. There are strong political motifs in the band's music, covering a variety of subjects from anarchy to war and freedom., released in March 2008, was the first album to contain lyric sheets in its insert.
Menuck's strident guitar work combines with strings, tape loops, and heavy drums to give the band its sound. Presentation Names The band's original name, A Silver Mt. Zion, rather than a reference to the in, developed from a misheard song lyric. Menuck himself isand motifs relating to Judaism are occasionally present in the band's music (he described the band's recording of their first album as a 'Jewish experience' ).All of the band's names have revolved around the words 'Silver Mt. Zion', except 'Thee Silver Mountain Reveries' for the 2004 EP.Imagery and packaging As with most Constellation releases, Silver Mt. Zion records come in recycled cardboard cases with detailed artwork, do not feature the band's name on the album cover (the band's name at any particular time can be found on the spine of each album) and no copyright details on the disc. 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons was the first album case to feature a photo of the band inside (along with the lyric sheets).Birds tend to feature heavily in the artwork, often in detailed pictures.
Album artwork has also included a sketch of a horse, a mountainscape from the back of a packet of cigarettes and a picture of (in relation to the song 'God Bless Our Dead Marines').Band dynamics Menuck is often identified as the band's frontman and leader, despite the fact that he has repeatedly stated that this is not the case. Though Menuck's voice and lyrics are often prominent on the records, everyone in the band sings on stage, contributing to the harmonies while standing in a semicircle, with members facing each other as often as the audience.The band's dynamic has gone through changes with additions and replacements in the line-up. Trudeau's breaking her collarbone in a motorbike accident prevented them from touring, leading the band to spend time working more singing into their pieces. Drummer Scott Levine Gilmore's replacement, Eric Craven, contributed a louder and more lively feel; Craven was subsequently replaced by drummer David Payant.Menuck, speaking for the band in interview, has said 'they all believe in music as labour'. Members in Bologna Current members.
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Released as: Thee Silver Mountain Reveries. 2012: 'The West Will Rise Again' E.P.
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Zion Memorial OrchestraCompilations. 2004: (Constellation Records compilation). One original track as Silver Mt. Zion: 'Iron Bridge to Thunder Bay'See also.References. Khanna, Vish. July 8, 2012, at, March 2010.
^ April 23, 2008, at the. ^ A Silver Mt. Zion (2001).
Live Music Archive. Internet Archive. Retrieved December 12, 2006. Pitchfork, by Stuart Berman, January 21 2014. Drowned in Sound, William Lewis October 31st, 2018.!earshot.
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Retrieved September 8, 2017. Jordan Zivitz, Montreal Gazette, June 18, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
Retrieved April 10, 2008. The Chicago Reader, August 09, 2018, By Bill Meyer. A Silver Mt.
Zion and David Garland (2005). Spinning on Air. Archived from on April 23, 2009. Retrieved December 12, 2006. Dobson, Gareth (March 13, 2008). Drowned in Sound.
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