Plays "High Gospel"

Plays "High Gospel"
CD release cover
Studio album by Efrim Manuel Menuck
Released	May 24, 2011
Recorded	Hotel2Tango, Various
Genre	Experimental rock, post-rock, alternative rock
Length	42:08
Label	Constellation
Producer	Efrim Manuel Menuck

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Big Takeover	Extremely positive[1]
The Quietus	Extremely positive[2]
Pitchfork	7.6/10[3]
Drowned in Sound	6/10[4]
The Skinny	[5]

Plays "High Gospel" (2011) is the debut album from Canadian musician Efrim Menuck, best known for his work as a founding member of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mt. Zion. The album alternates instrumental and vocal tracks, an aspect of his work which began with the Silver Mt. Zion album Horses in the Sky. It was self produced and recorded at the Hotel2Tango and various other locations in Canada in 2010.

Overview

The Constellation record page describes the release as a "personal album that serves as an ode to his adopted Montreal hometown (where he has now lived for two decades), the passing of great friends (Vic Chesnutt, Emma) and new fatherhood." The album art is a painting of Efrim with his son Ezra, whom he fathered with Mt. Zion bandmate Jessica Moss, and who is sung about in the album's final track.

Track listing

1. "Our Lady of Parc Extension and Her Munificent Sorrows" – 7:00
2. "A 12-pt. Program for Keep on Keepin' On" – 9:00
3. "August Four, Year-of-Our-Lord Blues" – 3:01
4. "Heavy Calls & Hospitals Blues" – 2:33
5. "Heaven's Engine Is a Dusty Ol' Bellows" – 2:08
6. "Kaddish for Chesnutt" – 7:18
7. "Chickadees' Roar Pt. 2" – 4:44
8. "I Am No Longer a Motherless Child" – 6:24

All music and lyrics by Efrim Manuel Menuck

Personnel

• Efrim Menuck – guitar, piano, voice, mixing, samples
• Jessica Moss – violin on tracks 1, 3 and 8
• David Payant - drums on tracks 1, 2 and 8
• Katie Moore - vocals on track 1

References

1. Musto, David (12 May 2011). "Efrim Manuel Menuck - Plays 'High Gospel' (Constellation)". The Big Takeover. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
2. Dix, Michael (25 May 2011). "Efrin Manuel Menuck — Plays High Gospel". The Quietus. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
3. Berman, Stuart (5 August 2011). "Efrim Manuel Menuck: Plays "High Gospel"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
4. Walby, Sam (May 23, 2011). "Efrim Menuck: Plays "High Gospels"". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
5. Lund, Oscar (30 September 2024). "Efrim Menuck – Plays "High Gospel"". The Skinny. Retrieved 23 November 2024.

• Plays High Gospel at Constellation Records