Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band

2008 studio album by Ezekiel Honig

Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band

Studio album by

Ezekiel Honig

Released| October 2008
Genre| Ambient, IDM, experimental
Length| 44:48
Label| Anticipate Recordings
Producer| Ezekiel Honig
Ezekiel Honig chronology
| Scattered Practices
(2006)  | Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band
(2008)  |

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
Cyclic Defrost| Extremely favorable[2]
Resident Advisor| 4.5/5[3]
XLR8R| 7.5/10[4]

Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band is Ezekiel Honig's fifth album, released October 27, 2008 by Anticipate Recordings.

## Reception

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Critical reception of the album was very positive. Resident Advisor—an online magazine with a focus on electronic music—named Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band as the 13th best album of 2008.[5] In their review of the album, RA reviewer Derek Miller give it a rating of 4.5 out of 5 and stated that "there hasn't been a better 'ambient' album this year."[3] Alexandra Savvides of Cyclic Defrost had strong praise for the album, ending her review with "nothing can come close to describing just how amazing this release really is."[2]

## Track listing

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1. "Porchside Prologue" – 1:19
2. "Broken Marching Band" – 5:04
3. "A Brief Visual Pattern" – 5:06
4. "Seaside Pastures part 2" – 5:57
5. "Displacement" – 3:35
6. "Porchside Economics" – 5:29
7. "Material Instrument 1" – 5:27
8. "Material Instrument 2" – 4:25
9. "Past Tense Kitchen Movement" – 4:40
10. "Epilogue" – 3:29

## Personnel

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* Craig Colorusso – guitar on track 9
* Thomas Hildebrand – field recordings on track 2
* Mark Templeton – guitar on tracks 1,6,9
* Twerk – mastering

## Porchside Past Tense

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A single, entitled Porchside Past Tense, consisting of two tracks from the album, was released on 7" vinyl in limited quantities on December 14, 2008, by Anticipate Recordings out of New York City.

### Track listing

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A. "Porchside Economics" – 5:33
B. "Past Tense Kitchen Movement" – 4:40

## References

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1. ^ Couture, François. "Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
2. ^ a b Savvides, Alexandra (October 18, 2008). "Ezekiel Honig – Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band (Anticipate)". Cyclic Defrost. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
3. ^ a b Miller, Derek (October 2008). "Ezekiel Honig - Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band Album Review". Resident Advisor. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
4. ^ Wasacz, Walter (November 27, 2008). "Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
5. ^ "RA Poll: Top 20 albums of 2008". Resident Advisor. December 17, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2009.

## External links

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* Ezekiel Honig's website
* Anticipate Recordings' website

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* MusicBrainz release group

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