''In Glorious Times'' is the third

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Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Sleepytime Gorilla Museum (often abbreviated to SGM) is an American experimental rock band, formed in 1999 in Oakland, California. The band fuses classical, industrial, and art-rock themes throughout their music. They are known to perform elabor ...

. The album was released on May 29, 2007. About the album,

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has stated: Drums are performed by Matthias Bossi, replacing Frank Grau. Bossi also performs on the Museum's subsequent "reunion" album, 'Of The Last Human Being'.

Song information

Helpless Corpses Enactment

Prior to the album's release, the track "Helpless Corpses Enactment" was made available for download. On May 22, 2007, one week before the album's release, a video for the same song was also released. It was directed by Adam Feinstein. The lyrics for "Helpless Corpses Enactment" are taken from the book ''

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Track listing

Personnel

The instruments listed here are as they appear in the booklet of the cd. * Matthias Bossi: drums, piano, glockenspiel, xylophone * Michael Iago Mellender: percussion, trumpet, guitar, Lever-action lever, Vatican, Valhalla, xylophone, toy piano, Tangularium, Electric Pancreas *

Carla Kihlstedt Carla Kihlstedt (born 1971) is an American composer, violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and currently working from a home studio on Cape Cod. She is a founding member of Tin Hat Trio (1997, ...

: violin, Percussion-guitar, bass harmonica, nyckelharpa *

Nils Frykdahl Nils Frykdahl is an American musician, most known for his work with the bands Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Faun Fables, and Idiot Flesh. He is also a member of the bands Free Salamander Exhibit and Darling Freakhead, and used to be a member of C ...

: guitar, Percussion-guitar * Dan Rathbun: bass, Sledgehammer-dulcimer, Thing All sing. * Guest Voices: Dawn McCarthy (track 2), The Billy Nayer Show, Joel, Allen, Olivia (track 3), Marc "Fushler" Goodman, Ian Pelicci (track 7)

References

External links

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
official page
The End Records
Label * *
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