''The City'' is the third album by
Canadian
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indie rock
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group
FemBots
FemBots are a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto formed in 1998. FemBots are known for their unique sound of combining instrumental everyday items, junk instruments, and traditional instruments in their music.
Background
The band's core membe ...
, released in 2005 on
Paper Bag Records.
Guest musicians on the album include
Jason Tait
Jason Tait is a Canadian musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is the drummer for the Canadian indie rock band The Weakerthans. Tait has also been a contributing member of Broken Social Scene and The FemBots.
Career
Tait played drums for the Pa ...
,
Greg Smith,
Julie Penner
Julie Penner (born 1976) is a Canadian violinist who has played with The FemBots, Broken Social Scene, Do Make Say Think, Hylozoists, The Lowest of the Low and The Weakerthans. She also worked as the music producer for Stuart McLean's ''The Vi ...
, Nathan Lawr,
Lawrence Nichols and
Krista Muir
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.
Track listing
# "So Long"
# "Count Down Our Days"
# "Up from the Ditches"
# "Demolition Waltz"
# "Demolition Waltz, Part II"
# "My Life in the Funeral Service"
# "The City"
# "Gilded Age"
# "Hell"
# "History Remade"
2005 albums
Fembots (band) albums
Paper Bag Records albums
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