''No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical'' is an album by the band
Showbread
Showbread (), in the King James Version shewbread, in a Biblical or Jewish context, refers to the cakes or loaves of bread which were always present, on a specially-dedicated table, in the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering to God. An alternativ ...
. A music video was made for the song "Mouth Like A Magazine".
Track listing
All songs written by
Josh Dies
Showbread is an American Christian hardcore band formed in Guyton, Georgia, in 1997. The group has gone through numerous lineup changes since its initial formation, but maintains its two core members, Josh Dies and Patrick Porter. The group ...
.
# "A Llama Eats a Giraffe (And Vice Versa)" – 3:51
# "
Dead By Dawn" – 3:54
# "Mouth Like a Magazine" – 4:12
# "If You Like Me Check Yes, If You Don't I'll Die" – 3:20
# "
Sampsa Meets
Kafka
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of real ...
" – 1:10
# "So Selfish It's Funny" – 4:28
# "The Missing Wife" – 4:47
# "Welcome to Plainfield Tobe Hooper" – 3:17
# "And the Smokers And Children Shall Be Cast Down" – 5:07
# "Stabbing Art To Death" – 6:46
# "The Dissonance of Discontent" 3:00
# "
Matthias Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew.
Notable people
Notable people named Matthias include the following:
Religion
* Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Isca ...
Replaces
Judas
Judas Iscariot (; ; died AD) was, according to Christianity's four canonical gospels, one of the original Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. Judas betrayed Jesus to the Sanhedrin in the Garden of Gethsemane, in exchange for thirty pieces of ...
" – 5:03
# "
The Bell Jar
''The Bell Jar'' is the only novel written by the American writer and poet Sylvia Plath. Originally published under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas" in 1963, the novel is supposedly semi-autobiographical with the names of places and people change ...
" – 5:19
Personnel
;Showbread:
*Matt Davis – guitar
*
Josh Dies
Showbread is an American Christian hardcore band formed in Guyton, Georgia, in 1997. The group has gone through numerous lineup changes since its initial formation, but maintains its two core members, Josh Dies and Patrick Porter. The group ...
– lead vocals, guitar, synthesizer, programming
*John Giddens – synthesizer
*Mike Jensen – guitar
*Ivory Mobley – lead vocals
*Patrick Porter – bass
*Marvin Reilly – drums
;Additional musicians:
*
Reese Roper
Michael Reese Roper (born June 30, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, best known as lead singer for the Denver, Colorado-based Christian ska punk band Five Iron Frenzy, as well as fronting the rock bands Brave Saint Saturn and Roper.
Pers ...
– vocals
*
Sylvia Massy Shivy – vocals,
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 causes a length of magnetic tape to contact a Capstan (tape recorder), capstan, which pulls i ...
,
theremin
The theremin (; originally known as the ætherphone, etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox) is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the performer (who is known as a thereminist). It is named aft ...
Production:
*Troy Glessner – mastering
*Sylvia Massy Shivy – producer, mixing
*David Stuart – photography
*Rich Veltrop – engineering
Reception
In 2004, Revolver Magazine called ''No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical'', "Best
Post-Hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. Like the term " post-punk", the term "post-hardcore" has been applied to a broad conste ...
Album of the Year".
References
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Showbread (band) albums
2004 albums
Tooth & Nail Records albums
Solid State Records albums
Albums produced by Sylvia Massy