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. The vinyl LP was released 9 February 2010, with the CD version released 23 February 2010. A digital download was made available, with the LP version. All three versions were released in Canada by Arts & Crafts Records.

Critical reception

In a positive review of the album, critic Noel Murray of the AV Club said fans of Sloan and of the New Pornographers should "warm immediately to Zeus", and wrote that "after moonlighting from their gig as Jason Collett’s backing band...

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deserve to move from the side of the stage to the front." Critic Andrew Leahey wrote that ''Say Us'' "re-creates the sunny strains of Sloan,

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, and the Beatles to charming effect." In a neutral review, critic Pieter J Macmillan wrote that the band's democratic approach to singing and song writing lead to a remarkable coherence of sound throughout the album. However, he continued the album's "lack of originality is felt particularly strong... in the lyrics."

Track listing

Personnel

* Rob Drake – drums tracks 3, 7, 9, 10, 11 * Carlin Nicholson – drums tracks 1, 2, 4; Bass tracks 1, 6, 9, 10, 11;

Vocal harmony Vocal harmony is a style of vocal music in which a consonant note or notes are simultaneously sung as a main melody in a predominantly homophonic texture. Vocal harmonies are used in many subgenres of European art music, including Classical c ...

tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11; acoustic guitar track 2;

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

tracks 2, 12; electric piano track 3 * Mike O'Brien – drums track 12; Bass tracks 3, 7, 12;

tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12;

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gu ...

tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12;

tracks 1, 4, 10 * Neil Quin – drums track 5; Bass track 5;

track 6, 10; acoustic guitar tracks 3, 4, 10;

tracks 3, 4, 5, 10;

tracks 9, 10

Guest performers

* Dave Azzolini – drums track 8;

tracks 2, 4, 8, 9; acoustic guitar track 12;

tracks 4, 6, 9 * Bryden Baird –

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

tracks 4, 8 *

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– slide guitar track 12 * Jessica Grassia –

tracks 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12 * Afie Jurvanen –

track 4;

tracks 4, 8 * Taylor Knox – drums track 6;

track 2 * Liam Nicholson –

tracks 2, 4;

tracks 2, 4, 10 * Leon Patterson –

track 4;

track 4

Production

* Benny Cloutier Jr. – front cover illustration * Mike O'Brien, Robyn Kotyk, Zeus – design and layout * Mike O'Brien, Andrea Wilson – plasticine art * Mike O'Brien, Carlin Nicholson – producer * Robbie Lackritz – mixing

Footnotes

Citations

References

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External links

Zeus
official site at Arts & Crafts
Zeus
on Myspace
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at

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