This Is Our Punk-Rock, Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing,

Infobox Album
Name = "This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing,
Type = studio
Artist = Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band

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Released = August 25, 2003 (Europe)
September 2, 2003 (world)
Recorded = Hotel2Tango
Genre = Post-rock
Length = 57:01
Label = Constellation CST027
Producer = Howard Bilerman
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ds2vad1kq8w3 link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.4/10) [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21717/Silver_Mt_Zion_This_is_Our_Punk_Rock_Thee_Rusted_Satellites_Gath September 19, 2003]
Last album = ""Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward."" (2001)
This album = "This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing," (2003)
Next album = "The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P." (2004)

"This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing," is an album released by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band. It was released August 25, 2003 in Europe and September 2, 2003 in the rest of the world by Constellation Records.

For this album, an amateur choir was assembled from a few dozen friends and colleagues. The liner notes contain a page of the score used by the choir in the opening track (the "fasola" section.)Cite web|url=http://cstrecords.com/cst_images/cst027addart2.jpg|title=Image of the score|accessdate=2006-12-18|publisher=Constellation Records|work=Constellation Images|format=jpg]

This album was essentially created as a requiem for open and abandoned spaces in Montreal (the band's home town), as well as for similar loss and decay around the world, due to either urban development or military action. [http://deepfrybonanza.com/reviews.php?id=2524]

Track listing

# "Sow Some Lonesome Corner So Many Flowers Bloom" – 16:27
# "Babylon Was Built on Fire/Starsnostars" – 14:44
# "American Motor Over Smoldered Field" – 12:05
# "Goodbye Desolate Railyard" – 14:25

Personnel

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band with Choir

*Efrim Menuck – guitar, piano, vocals, tapes, effects
*Thierry Amar – contrabass, vocals
*Sophie Trudeau – violin, vocals
*Jessica Moss – violin, vocals
*Beckie Foon – cello, vocals
*Ian Ilavsky – guitar, vocals

Other musicians

*Howard Bilerman – drums (on "Sow Some Lonesome Corner So Many Flowers Bloom")
*Aidan Girt – drums (on "American Motor Over Smoldered Field")
*Thee Rusted Satellite Choir – vocals (on "Sow Some Lonesome Corner So Many Flowers Bloom" and "Goodbye Desolate Railyard")

Technical

*Howard Bilerman – producer
*Howard Bilerman and the band – mixing
*Harris Newman – mastering

References

External links

* [http://cstrecords.com/cst027.html "This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing,"] at Constellation Records