Horses In The Sky - Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
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  • Summary: This wordy Canadian post-rock outfit (formerly known by similar variations of their current name), here with a fourth album, shares members with the equally wordy and Canadian but more instrumental Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Essentially, Horses in the Sky adopts a host of varying song mechanics and a wider array of lyrical themes, a broadened pallet that either suggest a band in transition, or a newfound confidence in songwriting.
  2. This record is, the odd awful phrase here or there aside, rather marvellous.
  3. The first album from the group that feels downright tedious to me in places, as well as the first one that feels like they're spinning their wheels a bit.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. LolaL.
    10
    Amazingly sad, i.e. amazing.
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  2. AlM
    10
    A silver mt zion manifest the soundtrack to our daily lives....and in this world of pain and suffering and unknown security, their latest album punctuate our routine as we struggle thorugh the daily grind that is the rat race. Pure sonic love, but not for the faint hearted or those contemplating ending their lives...DONT DO IT! Expand
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  3. WayneB
    9
    Arguably the finest release thus far in 2005.
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