Now Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra Tra-La-La Band, the sextet released record number two, Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward, in 2001. Another offering, This Is Our Punk-Rock, Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing, arrived in 2003, as the group underwent another name change, adding "with Choir" (the result of adding a 20-member choir to the proceedings). With Godspeed on hiatus in 2004, the band toured extensively in Canada and Europe, as well as performing at that year's All Tomorrow's Parties Festival. New member -- number seven -- Scott Levine Gilmore (mandolin and guitars) joined shortly thereafter, and the group changed its name again, dropping "with Choir" and becoming Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra. In addition to all of the administrative work, the band released Horses in the Sky in 2005.
In 2008, the group -- which managed to keep the same name over the course of two albums despite a roster change (Eric Craven replaced Gilmore and drummer David Payant joined) -- released 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons. The set featured material written and arranged on the group's 2007 European tour. The unit contracted to a quintet in 2009 (Menuck, Trudeau, Amar, Moss, and Payant) and recorded Kollaps Tradixionales; it was released on Constellation in February of 2010. After a long tour, the band took a break. They returned in January of 2014 with the full-length Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything. ~ Chris True & Thom Jurek, Rovi