The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P.

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The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P.
EP by Thee Silver Mountain Reveries
Released	May 10, 2004
Recorded	Second half of 2003 at the Hotel 2 Tango
Genre	Post-rock
Length	30:16
Label	Constellation CST030
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (7.6/10) link
Thee Silver Mountain Reveries chronology
"This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing, (2003) The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P. (2004) Horses in the Sky (2005)

The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P. is an EP by Thee Silver Mountain Reveries. It was released in May of 2004 on Constellation Records. The name the band assumed for this EP was temporary; they have since reverted to using Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-la-la Band.

Many of the band members switched instruments for this recording.^[1] For example, Sophie Trudeau, who can usually be found playing violin, plays the bass guitar. Ian Ilavsky, usually one of the band's guitarists, plays drums.

When recording was complete, the EP was played on a boombox and rerecorded from that, giving it a rough sound.^[1]

On the track, "There's a River in the Valley Made of Melting Snow", the Hebrew lyric, "baruch atta adonai" (ברוך אתה אדוני), means "bless the Lord".

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Thee Silver Mountain Reveries 2.2 Other musicians 2.3 Technical 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "More Action! Less Tears!" – 5:20
2. "Microphones in the Trees" – 9:47
3. "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" – 10:01
4. "There's a River in the Valley Made of Melting Snow" – 5:08

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Thee Silver Mountain Reveries

• Efrim Menuck – guitar, piano, organ, vocals, feedback, toybox
• Thierry Amar – violin, bass, vocals, pianohandle
• Sophie Trudeau – bass
• Jessica Moss – violin, vocals
• Ian Ilavsky – drums

[edit] Other musicians

• Aimee – yells (on "More Action! Less Tears!")
• Chad – vocals (on "Microphones in the Trees" and "Pretty Little Lightning Paw")
• Nadia – vocals (on "Microphones in the Trees" and "Pretty Little Lightning Paw")

[edit] Technical

• Harris Newman – mastering

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P. at Constellation Records

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