| Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static | |
| Type: | Double album |
| Artist: | Set Fire to Flames |
| Cover: | Setfiretoflamestelegraphs.jpg |
| Alt: | A blurry black and white photograph of a person's face. The person occupies the lower portion of the photo facing upwards. Their eyes are closed and their mouth is slightly open. |
| Released: | 8 April 2003 |
| Recorded: | July – August 2002 |
| Length: | 88:20 |
| Prev Title: | Sings Reign Rebuilder |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
| Year: | 2003 |
Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static is a double album by the Canadian musical collective, Set Fire to Flames. The album was recorded in the span of several months in late 2002, and was then published by both Alien8 Recordings and FatCat Records in 2003.
The album itself was recorded in a barn in rural Ontario, Canada. The recording atmosphere was decidedly informal—the sounds of the band members talking and moving around can be readily heard during the album's quiet moments.[1] Like their first album, Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static was recorded "in states of little or no sleep, in varying levels of intoxication, and in physical confinement."[1]
The release utilizes many different instruments, including guitars, basses, strings, horns, glockenspiel, marimba, bass clarinet, cymbalon, hurdy-gurdy, music boxes, modified electronics, saw, and contact microphones.