13 Blues for Thirteen Moons

13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
Studio album by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
Released	10 March 2008
Recorded	Hotel2Tango
Genre	Post-rock, art rock
Length	59:10
Label	Constellation
Producer	Howard Bilerman
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band chronology
Horses in the Sky (2005) 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons (2008) Kollaps Tradixionales (2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(5.2/10) [2]
Rockfeedback	[3]
The Skinny	[4]
Sonic Frontiers	[5]
The Silent Ballet	[6]

13 Blues for Thirteen Moons is the fifth full-length album by the Canadian post-rock group, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band. The album was released in March 2008.^[7][8] The album consists of an instrumental feedback intro, split into twelve extremely short tracks, and four full songs, which had been played live on recent tours.^[9]

The liner notes are found in the CD booklet titled Himnos de Sion—Spanish for "Hymns of Zion". The booklet also contains lyric sheets, presented in the block-capital handwriting familiar with owners of other Silver Mt. Zion records. As such, this is the first album package by the band to contain conventional lyrics.^[10]

Track listing

1. [untitled] – 0:05
2. [untitled] – 0:04
3. [untitled] – 0:04
4. [untitled] – 0:05
5. [untitled] – 0:06
6. [untitled] – 0:05
7. [untitled] – 0:06
8. [untitled] – 0:06
9. [untitled] – 0:06
10. [untitled] – 0:07
11. [untitled] – 0:07
12. [untitled] – 0:11
13. "1,000,000 Died to Make This Sound" – 14:42
14. "13 Blues for Thirteen Moons" – 16:45
15. "Black Waters Blowed/Engine Broke Blues" – 13:05
16. "BlindBlindBlind" – 13:17

Personnel

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band

• Thierry Amar – contrabass, electric bass, vocals
• Eric Craven – drums, vocals
• Beckie Foon – cello, vocals
• Ian Ilavsky – guitar, organ
• Efrim Menuck – guitar, vocals
• Jessica Moss – violin, vocals
• Sophie Trudeau – violin, vocals

Additional musicians

• Brian Lipson – trumpet on "13 Blues for Thirteen Moons"
• Nadia Moss – organ on "13 Blues for Thirteen Moons"

Technical

• Howard Bilerman – production
• Radwan Moumneh – production
• Harris Newman – mastering

References

1. 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons A Silver Mt. Zion Allmusic,com, Sergey Mesenov
2. "Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band: 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons - Album Reviews - Pitchfork". Retrieved March 26, 2016.
3. ToL. "Rockfeedback - a NEW view on MUSIC". Archived from the original on May 2, 2009. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
4. Dave Kerr. "The Skinny - A Silver Mt. Zion – 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons". Retrieved April 10, 2016.
5. "at". Sonicfrontiers.net. 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
6. "Entire List of Reviews". Thesilentballet.com. 2000-03-13. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
7. "Thee Silver Mt. Zion Announces 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons". Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
8. "Constellation Records - News". Archived from the original on December 25, 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
9. "Constellation Records". Archived from the original on April 2, 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
10. "Q&A with Efrim Menuck of A Silver Mt. Zion/Godspeed You! Black Emperor". Retrieved 18 August 2009.