Sings Reign Rebuilder

Infobox Album |
Name = Sings Reign Rebuilder
Type = Album
Artist = Set Fire to Flames


Released = October 9 2001
Recorded = 15 Ontario
Genre = Post-rock
Length = 73:25
Label = Alien8 Recordings ALIEN30
FatCat Records
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8dq7g4eptv3z link]
*Pitchfork (9.0/10) [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21632/Set_Fire_to_Flames_Sings_Reign_Rebuilder 11/13/01] |
Last album =
This album = "Sings Reign Rebuilder"
(2001)
Next album = "Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static"
(2003)

Sings Reign Rebuilder was the debut album of the Canadian band Set Fire to Flames. It was released by Alien8 Recordings, FatCat Records in 2001. An underlying concept in the work is the lyingdyingwonderbody, which consist of spoken word passages dealing with theoretical and political concepts that concern global climate and love.

The album was recorded in a century old house (either named or later dubbed 15 Ontario) apparently bound for destruction. From the liner notes: "your bulldozers and wrecking ball can make match-sticks out of the rickety staircase and crookt/creaking floorboards---but they can't erase the recording that was made here." As such, several sounds usually edited out of the recording process, including creaking floors, paper shuffling and outside noises, were left intact on the final album. The most notable occurrence is that of a police car driving by with its siren blaring at the end of "Love Song for 15 Ontario"; the vehicle was later credited as a guest performer on the song.

Track listing

# "'I Will Be True…' (From Lips of Lying Dying Wonder Body #1)/Reign Rebuilder [Head] " – 2:39
# "Vienna Arcweld/Fucked Gamelan/Rigid Tracking" – 13:45
# "Steal Compass/Drive North/Disappear" – 6:12
# "Wild Dogs of the Thunderbolt/'They Cannot Lock Me Up… I Am Eternally Free…' (From Lips of Lying Dying Wonder Body #2)" – 4:54
# "Omaha" – 6:16
# "There Is No Dance in Frequency and Balance" – 4:16
# "Côte d'Abrahams Roomtone/'What's Going On?…' (From Lips of Lying Dying Wonder Body #3)" – 4:35
# "Love Song for 15 Ontario (w/ Singing Police Car)" – 3:19
# "Injur: Gutted Two-Track" – 2:49
# "When I First Get to Phoenix" – 3:12
# "Shit-Heap-Gloria of the New Town Planning" – 10:50
# "Jesus/Pop" – 1:42
# "Esquimalt Harbour" – 2:16
# "Two Tears in a Bucket" – 3:43
# "Fading Lights Are Fading…/Reign Rebuilder [Tail Out] " – 2:51

Personnel

* Aidan Girt: drums
* Beckie Foon: cello
* Bruce Cawdron: drums/percussion
* Christof Migone: reel to reel motors/banjo/contact mics
* David Bryant: guitar
* Genevieve Heistek: viola
* Gordon Krieger: bass clarinet
* Jean-Sébastien Truchy: bass
* Mike Moya: guitar
* Roger Tellier-Craig: guitar
* Sophie Trudeau: violin
* Speedy: guitar
* Thea Pratt: French horn

External links

* [http://www.alien8recordings.com/alien30.php3 alien8 recordings' "Sings Reign Rebuiler" page]