Track Listing 1. Humble Peasants 2. Compliance 3. Men Who Live Upstairs, The 4. Present of Future End 5. Mix of Sun and Cloud, A 6. Battle Hymn of the Republic 7. Why So Looking Back 8. Sherry and Her Butterfly Net 9. Agenbite of Inwit 10. Career in Shaping Clay 11. Solipsism Millionaires 12. Multiplication Desks 13. Neurasthenia
| Details | | Playing Time: | 53 min. | | Producer: | Ryan Lenssen | | Distributor: | Caroline Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes The Most Serene Republic: Simon Lukasewich, Tony Nesbitt-Larking, Adrian Jewett, Ryan Lenssen, Nick Greaves, Emma Ditchburn, Sean Woolven. Personnel: Ira Zingraff (trumpet). Additional personnel: Men 2 Boys (vocals); Brenna Spaderman (cello); Arnie Lenssen (whistle); Michael Glendon (saxophone); Ira Zingraff (trumpet); Joel Colesberry (double bass); Stephen Kabakos (background vocals); Etobicoke School Of the Arts Symphony Orchestra. Audio Mixers: Ryan Lenssen; Ryan Mills. Photographer: Nick Greaves. Arranger: Simon Lukasewich. The first band signed to Broken Social Scene's Arts and Crafts label that shares no members with that collective, the Most Serene Republic returns with their second album over three years after their 2004 debut, UNDERWATER CINEMATOGRAPHER. In keeping with their name, this Canadian band maintains a sense of tranquility and calm with a blend of jazzy post-rock ("A Mix of Sun and Cloud") and more urgent indie pop ("Sherry and Her Butterfly Net"). Horns and violin color the imaginative arrangements underneath the strong vocals of singers Adrian Jewitt and Emma Ditchburn.
Editorial Reviews 3.5 stars out of 5 -- Barely-there intros rise into warm, weighty epics, clustered impressively with a clamoring assortment of keyboards, rallying horns...and other bells and whistles. Spin
[With] a joyful exuberance....It's hard not to be impressed by its grand ambitions. Harp
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