Sixty Metonymies
| Sixty Metonymies | ||||
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| Studio album by Tartar Lamb | ||||
| Released | July 31, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006–2007 | |||
| Genre |
Avant-garde music Experimental rock Minimalist music | |||
| Length | 41:12 | |||
| Label | Ice Level Music (self-released)[1] | |||
| Producer | Toby Driver | |||
| Tartar Lamb chronology | ||||
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Sixty Metonymies is the debut studio album of New York City-based avant-garde band Tartar Lamb. The album is essentially one 40-minute composition for a guitar-violin duo.[2]
Track listing
- "Incensing the Malediction Is a Lamb" (11:47)
- "A Lamb in Hand's Worth Two in the Ewe" (3:13)
- "Trumpet Twine the Lamb Unhyne" (9:36)
- "The Lamb, the Ma'am, and the Holy Shim-Sham" (16:38)
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Sputnikmusic |   [3] |
| Culture & Pleasure | (Positive)[4] |
Reception for the album was generally positive. Sputnikmusic gave the album a rating of 4 out of 5,[3] while the blog Culture & Pleasure stated that Toby had "finally reached the full sound he has been hinting at since his solo release almost two years ago."[4]
Personnel
- Toby Driver – composition, electric guitar
- Mia Matsumiya – violin
Guests musicians
- Tim Byrnes – trumpet
- Andrew Greenwald – drums
References
- ↑ "music". Kayodot.net. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
- ↑ Biography on ProgArchives
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dillon, Jared W (May 7, 2007). "Tartar Lamb "Sixty Metonymies". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 05-06-2011. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Review for Sixty Metonymies. Culture & Pleasure. Retrieved 05-06-2011