Kollaps Tradixionales

Kollaps Tradixionales
Studio album by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
Released	February 8, 2010 (Europe) February 16, 2010 (World)
Recorded	Hotel2Tango, Montreal, 2009
Genre	Progressive rock, art rock, post-rock, experimental rock
Length	56:40
Label	Constellation CST063
Producer	Howard Bilerman
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra chronology
13 Blues for Thirteen Moons (2008) Kollaps Tradixionales (2010) Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything (2014)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork Media	(7.3/10)[3]
PopMatters	[4]
The Skinny	[5]

Kollaps Tradixionales is the sixth full-length album by the experimental rock group Thee Silver Mt. Zion under the name Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra. It was released in February 2010 on Constellation Records.^[6] The songs "I Built Myself a Metal Bird", "I Fed My Metal Bird the Wings of Other Metal Birds" and "There Is a Light" were played on earlier tours.^[7]

For this album, the band started a blog on their official website. This is also the first record with drummer David Payant, after the former drummer Eric Craven left the band.

Typical for Constellation Records releases, the album was released with some extras. The CD comes in a gatefold, paperboard jacket. The vinyl is available as a double 10" that includes a copy of the CD, a 16-page art book with collages made by Menuck and filmmaker/photographer Jem Cohen, and a limited edition poster.

Track listing

1. "There Is a Light" – 15:19
2. "I Built Myself a Metal Bird" – 6:17
3. "I Fed My Metal Bird the Wings of Other Metal Birds" – 6:18
4. "Kollapz Tradixional (Thee Olde Dirty Flag)" – 6:09
5. "Collapse Traditional (For Darling)" – 1:29
6. "Kollaps Tradicional (Bury 3 Dynamos)" – 6:48
7. "'Piphany Rambler" – 14:19

Personnel

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra

• Thierry Amar – contrabass, horn arrangement, vocals
• Efrim Menuck – guitar, organ, piano, vocals
• Jessica Moss – violin, vocals
• David Payant – drums, organ, piano, vocals
• Sophie Trudeau – violin, vocals

Horn section on "There Is a Light"

• Gordon Allen – trumpet
• Adam Kinner – tenor saxophone
• Matana Roberts – alto saxophone
• Jason Sharp – baritone saxophone

Production

• Howard Bilerman – production
• Radwan Moumneh – production
• Harris Newman at Greymarket – mastering

References

1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
2. Allmusic review
3. Pitchfork Media review
4. Pop Matters review
5. The Skinny review
6. "Album Info at the webpage of Constellation Records".
7. "1st half of the song "I Built Myself a Metal Bird, I Fed My Metal Bird the Wings of Other Metal Birds" by Thee Silver Mount Zion Orchestra And Tra-La-La Band, Des Moines, IA, May 28, 2008 (Video on YouTube.com)".