Sixty Metonymies

Sixty Metonymies
Studio album by Tartar Lamb
Released July 31, 2007 (2007-07-31)
Recorded 2006–2007
Genre Avant-garde music
Experimental rock
Minimalist music
Length 41:12
Label Ice Level Music (self-released)[1]
Producer Toby Driver
Tartar Lamb chronology
Sixty Metonymies
(2007)
Polyimage of Known Exits
(2011)Polyimage of Known Exits2011

Sixty Metonymies is the debut studio album of New York City-based avant-garde band Tartar Lamb. The album is essentially one 40-minute composition for a guitar-violin duo.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Incensing the Malediction Is a Lamb" (11:47)
  2. "A Lamb in Hand's Worth Two in the Ewe" (3:13)
  3. "Trumpet Twine the Lamb Unhyne" (9:36)
  4. "The Lamb, the Ma'am, and the Holy Shim-Sham" (16:38)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Sputnikmusic[3]
Culture & Pleasure(Positive)[4]

Reception for the album was generally positive. Sputnikmusic gave the album a rating of 4 out of 5,[3] while the blog Culture & Pleasure stated that Toby had "finally reached the full sound he has been hinting at since his solo release almost two years ago."[4]

Personnel

Guest musicians

  • Tim Byrnes – trumpet
  • Andrew Greenwald – drums

References

  1. "music". Kayodot.net. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  2. Biography on ProgArchives
  3. 1 2 Dillon, Jared W (May 7, 2007). "Tartar Lamb "Sixty Metonymies". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 05-06-2011. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. 1 2 Review for Sixty Metonymies. Culture & Pleasure. Retrieved 05-06-2011


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