The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P.

Infobox Album
Name = The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P.
Type = ep
Artist = Thee Silver Mountain Reveries

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Released = May 10, 2004
Recorded = Second half of 2003 at the Hotel 2 Tango
Genre = Post-rock
Length = 30:16
Label = Constellation CST030
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:iqjx7ia4g76r link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.6/10) [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21720/A_Silver_Mt_Zion_Pretty_Little_Lightning_Paw_EP_as_Thee_Silver_Mou link]
Last album = ""This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing,"
(2003)
This album = "The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P."
(2004)
Next album = "Horses in the Sky"
(2005)

"The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P." is an EP by Thee Silver Mountain Reveries. It was released in May of 2004 on Constellation Records. The name the band assumed for this EP was temporary; they have since reverted to using Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-la-la Band.

Many of the band members switched instruments for this recording.Cite web|url=http://cstrecords.com/cst030.html|title=Thee Silver Mountain Reveries – "The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P."|accessdate=2007-01-07|publisher=Constellation Records|year=2004|author=Constellation Records|work=Records Index|format=html] For example, Sophie Trudeau, who can usually be found playing violin, plays the bass guitar. Ian Ilavsky, usually one of the band's guitarists, plays drums.

When recording was complete, the EP was played on a boombox and rerecorded from that, giving it a rough sound.

On the track, "There's a River in the Valley Made of Melting Snow", the Hebrew lyric, "baruch atta adonai" (ברוך אתה אדוני), means "bless the Lord".

Track listing

# "More Action! Less Tears!" – 5:20
# "Microphones in the Trees" – 9:47
# "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" – 10:01
# "There's a River in the Valley Made of Melting Snow" – 5:08

Personnel

Thee Silver Mountain Reveries

*Efrim Menuck – guitar, piano, organ, vocals, feedback, toybox
*Thierry Amar – violin, bass, vocals, pianohandle
*Sophie Trudeau – bass
*Jessica Moss – violin, vocals
*Ian Ilavsky – drums

Other musicians

*Aimee – yells (on "More Action! Less Tears!")
*Chad – vocals (on "Microphones in the Trees" and "Pretty Little Lightning Paw")
*Nadia – vocals (on "Microphones in the Trees" and "Pretty Little Lightning Paw")

Technical

*Harris Newman – mastering

Notes

External links

* [http://cstrecords.com/cst030.html "The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P."] at Constellation Records