Sings Reign Rebuilder is the debut album by Canadian band Set Fire to Flames. It was released by Alien8 Recordings and FatCat Records on 9 October 2001.
The album's recording was heavily rooted in improvisation and usage of non-musical elements, and was conducted 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 philosophical and political concepts.
Track listing
Personnel Aidan Girt: drums Beckie Foon: cello Bruce Cawdron: drums/percussion Christof Migone: reel to reel motors/banjo/contact mics David Bryant: guitar Genevieve Heistek: viola Gordon Krieger: bass clarinet Jean-Sébastien Truchy: bass Mike Moya: guitar Roger Tellier-Craig: guitar Sophie Trudeau: violin Peter "Speedy" Weaver: guitar Thea Pratt: French horn
References
External links 'Sings Reign Rebuilder' information page from set fire to flames website