Of Natural History

by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

Of Natural History cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 October 2004
  • Label: Web Of Mimicry
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:11:45
  • Community rating: 4.15/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi, Frank Grau

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Blending theatrical performance with punishing avant-garde metal, 'Of Natural History' is a conceptually dense examination of humanity and the natural world. Utilizing homemade instruments and complex polyrhythms, the band crafts a sound that is both intellectually demanding and physically intense.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, conceptual, uncommon time signatures, dissonant, complex, theatrical, progressive, through-composed

Tracklist

  1. A Hymn To The Morning Star (05:40)
  2. The Donkey-Headed Adversary Of Humanity Opens The Discussion (06:01)
  3. Phthisis (03:44)
  4. Bring Back The Apocalypse (04:10)
  5. FC: The Freedom Club (10:48)
  6. Gunday's Child (06:56)
  7. The 17-Year Cicada (03:41)
  8. The Creature (06:00)
  9. What Shall We Do Without Us? (02:38)
  10. Babydoctor (13:59)
  11. Cockroach (02:12)
  12. Hidden Track (05:56)

Credits

  • Per Frykdahl - artwork
  • Dan Rathbun - bass, performer [log, roach], trombone, lute, voice, recorded by, mixed by, producer
  • Jenya Chernoff - design
  • Nils Frykdahl - design, guitar [guitars], flute [flutes], voice
  • Matthias Bossi - drums, glockenspiel, xylophone, voice
  • Frank Grau - drums, melodica
  • Moe! Staiano - performer [metal, wood, bowed spatula, spring, paper], glockenspiel, photography by
  • Carla Kihlstedt - photography by, violin, guitar [percussion], autoharp, organ, voice
  • David J. Grossman - photography by
  • Marika Hughes - photography by
  • Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - producer

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