In Glorious Times

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In Glorious Times
In Glorious Times cover
Studio album by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Released May 29, 2007
Recorded 2005 – 2007
Polymorph Recording, Oakland
2006
Tiny Telephone, SF
Genre Avant-rock
Length 67:45
Label The End Records
Professional reviews
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum chronology
Of Natural History
(2004)		 In Glorious Times
(2007)

In Glorious Times is the third studio album by avant-rock band Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. The album was released on May 29, 2007.[1]

About the album, The End Records has stated:

“ Rock-against-Rock pioneers Sleepytime Gorilla Museum celebrate the extremes of sonic debilitation, with this muffled cry into the dark night of the soul. Triumphantly smothered within the intricate stylings of musical evolution, the expansive world of literature and the pain and passion of one’s emotions, the Oakland, California-based band have once again imbedded themselves deep in the creative process, allowing themselves to reach new plateaus on their latest album ‘In Glorious Times.’[2] ”

Contents

[edit] Helpless Corpses Enactment

Prior to the albums release, the track "Helpless Corpses Enactment" was made available for download.[3] On May 22, one week before the albums release, a video for the same song was also released.[4] It was directed by Adam Feinstein.

“ "I've been fascinated with SGM since I first heard them five years ago. I found their music inscrutable, beautiful, and profoundly original. [...] When we started to talk about a music video, I didn't know what song I'd be asked to work on. But from Sleepytime I knew to expect music that had invented its own rules, music that would challenge a video to keep up with it. 'Corpses' didn't disappoint! None of us wanted anything like a concert film - didn't want to see mic stands, guitars, drums. Nobody really even liked the term 'music video.' We didn't want to simulate what you could see at a live show. I wanted to use the opportunity to tap the peculiar power of Sleepytime's music - to conjure up images as strange and direct as those in dreams."[5] ”

—- Adam Feinstein

The lyrics for "Helpless Corpses Enactment" are taken from the experimental novel Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Companions" – 10:04
  2. "Helpless Corpses Enactment" – 5:57
  3. "Puppet Show" – 4:15
  4. "Formicary" – 5:46
  5. "Angle of Repose" – 7:53
  6. "Ossuary" – 4:35
  7. "The Salt Crown" – 8:40
  8. "The Only Dance" – 4:20
  9. "The Greenless Wreath" – 6:51
  10. "The Widening Eye" – 5:09
  11. "The Putrid Refrain" – 2:55

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sleepytime Gorilla Museum's upcoming 'In Glorious Times' now available for pre-order
  2. ^ Live footage of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum available for download
  3. ^ Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Helpless Corpses Enactment.mp3
  4. ^ Helpless Corpses Enactment video
  5. ^ Sleepytime Gorilla Museum post video for 'Helpless Corpses Enactment' online

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