Sings Reign Rebuilder
A slightly blurred black and white photograph of a house.
Studio album by
Set Fire to Flames
Released9 October 2001
Recorded15 Ontario
Length73:25
Label
Set Fire to Flames chronology
Sings Reign Rebuilder
(2001)		 Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Pitchfork Media(9.0/10)[3]
Almost Cool[4]

Sings Reign Rebuilder is the debut album of the Canadian band Set Fire to Flames. It was released by Alien8 Recordings, FatCat Records in 2001.

The album was recorded in a century old house (either named or later dubbed 15 Ontario) apparently bound for destruction. From the liner notes: "your bulldozers and wrecking ball can make match-sticks out of the rickety staircase and crookt/creaking floorboards---but they can't erase the recording that was made here." As such, several sounds usually edited out of the recording process, including creaking floors, paper shuffling and outside noises, were left intact on the final album. The most notable occurrence is that of a police car driving by with its siren blaring at the end of "Love Song for 15 Ontario"; the vehicle was later credited as a guest performer on the song.

An underlying concept in the work is the "Lying Dying Wonder Body", which consists of spoken word passages dealing with theoretical and political concepts that concern global climate and love.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."'I Will Be True...' (From Lips of Lying Dying Wonder Body #1)/Reign Rebuilder [Head]"2:39
2."Vienna Arcweld/Fucked Gamelan/Rigid Tracking"13:45
3."Steal Compass/Drive North/Disappear"6:12
4."Wild Dogs of the Thunderbolt/'They Cannot Lock Me Up... I Am Eternally Free...' (From Lips of Lying Dying Wonder Body #2)"4:54
5."Omaha"6:16
6."There Is No Dance in Frequency and Balance"4:16
7."Côte d'Abrahams Roomtone/'What's Going On?...' (From Lips of Lying Dying Wonder Body #3)"4:35
8."Love Song for 15 Ontario (w/ Singing Police Car)"3:19
9."Injur: Gutted Two-Track"2:49
10."When I First Get to Phoenix"3:12
11."Shit-Heap-Gloria of the New Town Planning..."10:50
12."Jesus/Pop"1:42
13."Esquimalt Harbour"2:16
14."Two Tears in a Bucket"3:43
15."Fading Lights Are Fading.../Reign Rebuilder [Tail Out]"2:51

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "テレグラフス・イン・ネガティブ/マウス・トラップド・イン・スタティック - セット・ファイア・トゥ・フレイムズ - Yahoo!ミュージック". Music.yahoo.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  4. ↑ Almost Cool review
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