He Has Left Us Alone, but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms…

Occupation

  • E- guitar, vocals, piano, organ, radio: Efrim Menuck
  • Double bass, electric bass: Thierry Amar
  • Violin, vocals: Sophie Trudeau
  • Other musicians:
  • Percussion, tape loops: Aidan Girt
  • Guitar: Sam Shalabi
  • Clarinet Gordon Krieger

He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms ... is the debut album by the Canadian post-rock band A Silver Mt Zion, which is now under the name Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra -La -La band publish. The album was recorded in 1999 by guitarist and bassist Thierry Amar Efrim Menuck in hotel2tango in Montreal, mostly during breaks in the tours of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. It was published by the Montreal record label Constellation Records on March 27, 2000.

Survey

The album was born from the desire of Efrim Menuck to take something for his dog Wanda. Wanda died of cancer while Godspeed You! Black Emperor were on tour. Menuck described the recording of the album as a " Jewish experience " due to his contacts with a small Jewish community in Montreal. In addition Menuck explained that also because of this Jewish community of the albums title and the songs were influenced Judaistic, although it never wanted to seem obvious the band. Nevertheless, there are clear Jewish motifs in the song " Movie (Never Made ) ". There are references to Horatanz and the " killing of Bänkers ".

The album should first He Has Left Us Alone hot, but that title was too weak for the band and would not transfer the desired mood. Menuck also said he did not understand why song title or album title just a few words should be precise and long total. Menuck believes that things of this sort can be described with many words. This would give more personality and sensitivity of the work.

On the original LP release, the songs were combined into two tracks. On the CD, the songs were listed in four parts, which results in eight songs. The CD artwork is inaccurate song lengths, as they were rounded up.

The song " 13 Angels Standing Guard 'round the Side of Your Bed " came in the movie Mister Lonely by Harmony Korine.

Tracklist

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