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Destruction of communities (foreign and local) are lamented and eulogised in the songs that follow, culminating in the album closer: an ode to the empty railyard terrain adjacent to the neighbourhood where the band, along with many other Montreal musicians and artists, have lived for many years. The amateur choir assembled for the ‘fasola’ sing-along on the opening track sets the tone for an exuberant, community-rallying protest music that constitutes the spiritual foundation of the record.

Long instrumental passages remain, with dense layers of strings colliding against a backdrop of ragged repeating guitar figures and noise treatments. Efrim’s increased vocal presence is the most obvious evolution from past efforts, yielding the most direct articulation to that point of themes and sentiments that run throughout his work with SMZ and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. While the group’s previous album, Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upward, was a mostly instrumental work recorded in one weekend, the new record was sketched in rehearsals through the fall of 2002 and arranged in studio, resulting in four long pieces, all featuring group and/or lead vocals. The band also brought in a couple dozen folks for mass choral duty on the opening and closing tracks (hence the “with choir” extension of the band name). This is the second full-length by the six-piece Tra-La-La-Band, along with guest drummers Aidan Girt and Howard Bilerman (who also recorded the album, at the original Hotel2Tango). Thee Rusted Satellite Choir – vocals on “Sow Some Lonesome Corner So Many Flowers Bloom” and “Goodbye Desolate Railyard”.Aidan Girt – drums on “American Motor Over Smoldered Field”.Howard Bilerman – drums on “Sow Some Lonesome Corner So Many Flowers Bloom”.Sophie Trudeau – violin, vocals, mixing.Efrim Menuck – guitar, piano, vocals, tapes, effects, mixing.Thierry Amar – contrabass, vocals, mixing.It was released by Constellation Records on Augin Europe and Septemworldwide. “This Is Our Punk-Rock,” Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing, is A Silver Mt.

A silver mt zion this is our punk rock rar