Sings Reign Rebuilder

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Sings Reign Rebuilder

Studio album by Set Fire to Flames
Released	October 9, 2001
Recorded	15 Ontario
Genre	Post-rock
Length	73:25
Label	Alien8 Recordings ALIEN30
All Music Guide link Pitchfork (9.0/10) 11/13/01
Set Fire to Flames chronology
	Sings Reign Rebuilder (2001)	Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static (2003)

Sings Reign Rebuilder was the debut album of the Canadian band Set Fire to Flames. It was released by Alien8 Recordings in 2001. It 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." An underlying concept in the work is the lyingdyingwonderbody, which consist of spoken word passages dealing with theoretical and political concepts that concern global climate and love. The police car at the end of "Love Song for 15 Ontario" was purely unintentional but was credited as performing nonetheless.

[edit] Track listing

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