He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms

He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms... is the debut studio album by Canadian post-rock group A Silver Mt. Zion. The album was recorded by guitarist Efrim Menuck and bassist Thierry Amar at the Hotel2Tango in 1999, mostly during breaks while touring with Godspeed You! Black Emperor. It was published by the Montreal-based record label Constellation on March 27, 2000. The album was born out of a desire by Efrim Menuck to record something for his dog Wanda, who died of cancer while Godspeed You! Black Emperor were on tour. Menuck described the recording of the album as a "Jewish experience," due to his immersion within a small, friend-based Jewish community in Montreal. Menuck also stated that, as a result of the community, the album title and songs have a sense of Judaism, although the band tried to not make it conspicuous. There is some Jewish imagery in the lyrics to the track "Movie", but their exact meaning remains cryptic. The album was initially to be named He Has Left Us Alone, but it was decided that this was too weak, and didn't convey the proper mood. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Has_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)