''Hirror Enniffer'' is the first studio album by American
post-rock
Post-rock is a form of experimental rock characterized by a focus on exploring textures and timbre over traditional rock song structures, chords, or riffs. Post-rock artists are often instrumental, typically combining rock instrumentation with ...
band
Mamiffer
Mamiffer is an American band based in Seattle, Washington. It started out as a solo project for former Pyramids and Everlovely Lightningheart member Faith Coloccia that later saw several session musicians and collaborators, most consistently Aar ...
. It was released through
Hydra Head Records
Hydra Head Records was an independent record label that specializes in extreme metal music, founded in New Mexico by Aaron Turner (the frontman of Isis) in 1993. It had another imprint, Hydra Head Noise Industries, which specialized in experiment ...
on September 23, 2008. The album was recorded, mixed and produced by Chris Common with mastering by Ed Brooks at RFI Mastering in
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...
.
Track listing
# "This Land" – 6:15
# "Death Shawl" – 4:10
# "Annwn" – 5:43
# "Black Running Water" – 6:14
# "Suckling a Dead Litter" – 7:37
# "Cyhraeth" – 4:35
Personnel
Mamiffer
*
Faith Coloccia
Faith Coloccia is an American artist and musician. She is most known as being the founding member and primary songwriter for the post-rock band Mamiffer. Coloccia has also been a member of Everlovely Lightningheart, Pyramids, House of Low Cultu ...
– piano, vocals,
glockenspiel
The glockenspiel ( or , : bells and : set) or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout. This makes the glockenspiel a type of metallophone, similar to the vibraphone.
The glo ...
,
melodica
The melodica is a handheld free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica. It features a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. The keyboard usual ...
, bells,
mellotron
The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. A ...
, electric piano, percussion (jars, chains), synthesizer, loops, organ, acoustic guitar
* Aaron Turner – guitar, acoustic guitar, bass
Additional musicians
* Chris Common – percussion, drums, bells, effects
* Brian Cook – bass
* Annie Hozoji Matheson-Margullis – cello, additional vocals
* Ryan Frederiksen – guitar
* Kelly Akashi – additional vocals
* Sarine Ashjian – additional vocals
* Will Adams – additional vocals
Production
* Ed Brooks – mastering
* Chris Common – engineering, producer, mixing
References
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2008 debut albums
Mamiffer albums
Hydra Head Records albums