Rest (album)
Encyclopedia
Rest, released April 1, 2008, is the second full-length album by Virginia
n post-rock
band Gregor Samsa
. The band posted the tracks online at Imeem
before the album was released. The album was released in five formats, digital (April 1), unlimited (May 13), limited (April 24), collector's, and vinyl.
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
n post-rock
Post-rock
Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...
band Gregor Samsa
Gregor Samsa (band)
Gregor Samsa is a band from Virginia formed in 2000 and fronted by Champ Bennett. It takes its name from the main character of Franz Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis....
. The band posted the tracks online at Imeem
Imeem
The online service imeem was a social media web site where users interacted with each other by streaming, uploading and sharing music and music videos...
before the album was released. The album was released in five formats, digital (April 1), unlimited (May 13), limited (April 24), collector's, and vinyl.
Track listing
- The Adolescent – 5:32
- Ain Leuh – 5:28
- Abutting, Dismantling – 6:14
- Company – 2:19
- Jeroen Van Aken – 8:23
- Rendered Yards – 2:33
- Pseudonyms – 6:13
- First Mile, Last Mile – 7:31
- Du Meine Leise – 3:50
Contributors
- Nikki King - Voice, Piano, Rhodes, Vibraphone
- Billy Bennett - Drums, Percussion, Guitar, Bass, Vibraphone, Piano, Synth
- Champ Bennett - Piano, Voice, Guitar, Drums, Bass, Vibraphone, Mellotron, Celesta, Synth, Rhodes, String Arrangements
- Jeremiah Klinger - Baritone Guitar, Guitar, Clarinet, Piano
- Cory Bise - Bass, Baritone
- Mia Matsumiya - Violin
- Toby DriverToby DriverToby Driver is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and artist, best known for his work as the frontman of the experimental bands maudlin of the Well and Kayo Dot....
- Clarinet, Guitar, Bass, String Arrangements - Andrew Miller - Cello
- Alex AldiAlex AldiAlex Aldi is a New York-based recording + mixing engineer who has worked with indie and major-label bands such as Passion Pit, The Rakes, Les Savy Fav, and White Rabbits.-2010:*Holy Ghost! - Holy Ghost! - Mixing, Engineer...
- Synth - Alan Weatherhead - Guitar
- Rick AlversonRick AlversonRick Alverson [R. Alverson] is an American filmmaker and musician from Richmond, Virginia.-Films:He has made four feature films in conjunction with the independent label Jagjaguwar. His first, The Builder , is an existential character study of an Irish immigrant at odds with the promise of America...
- Voice, Titles - Debra Wassum - Voice
- Engineered by Alex AldiAlex AldiAlex Aldi is a New York-based recording + mixing engineer who has worked with indie and major-label bands such as Passion Pit, The Rakes, Les Savy Fav, and White Rabbits.-2010:*Holy Ghost! - Holy Ghost! - Mixing, Engineer...
(Gigantic) and Champ Bennett (Viking Studios & Pencil Factory) - Mixed by Alan Weatherhead (Sound of Music)
- Mastered by Mark Christensen (Engine Room Audio)