Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan (Zomba Prison Project, Tinariwen, Hanoi Masters) returns to Southeast Asia to record unheralded, traditional-based musicians from Cambodia, all of whom are survivors of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. The result is heartbreaking, inspiring and sublime. Khmer Rouge Survivors "They Will Kill You, If You Cry" is a welcome introduction to an embattled musical tradition and an emotionally stirring followup to Brennan's previous recordings from Southeast Asia, the highly-accalimed Glitterbeat album: Hanoi Masters "War is a Wound, Peace is a Scar" (2015).
Tracks:
1. Rab Ban / Mon Hai - Phnom Domrey Trom (Where the Elephants Go to Die)
2. Soun San - Pjanch Meah (Defeat the Giant)
3. Keut Ran - Aasojet Anet Mai (Have Mercy on My Mother)
4. Rab Ban - Orano (I Hate My Husband that Drinks)
5. Thuch Savanj - Jivit Rongkroh Proh Songkream (My Life as a Victim of War)
6. Kong Nai - Kontriev Doeung Kon Mai (All Children Must Show Gratitude to their Mother)
7. Mon Hai - Prolop Phkaypreat (Evening Stars are the Masters)
8. Kong Nai - Kamara Rongkaam (Nation in Grief)
9. Prom Chantol / Ouch Savy - Ao Sat Sarika (Where Has My Husband Gone?)
10. Kong Nai - Boonchnam Kamtkosal (My Grief Begins)
11. Keut Ran - Pineak Doeulang Knong Soun (Walk in the Garden)
12. Soun San - Phleuv Dail Treuv Deu (The Path You Should Take)
13. Thorn Seyma / Arn Chorn Pond - Bong Euy Sdaap Pkor (Hear the Thunder)
14. Soun San - Preh Kon Euypok (A Father's Honor)
