| 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 10, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | Hotel2Tango | |||
| Length | 59:10 | |||
| Label | Constellation | |||
| Producer | Howard Bilerman | |||
| Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | (5.2/10) [2] |
| Rockfeedback |  [3] |
| The Skinny | [4] |
| Sonic Frontiers | [5] |
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.[6][7] 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.[8] Band member Efrim Menuck stated that the idea for the 12 short intro tracks initially was suggested because the band wanted the album to start on track 13. The deciding factor for including the tracks, however, was that "if people tried to play it on their iPods, on shuffle mode, it’d blitz their iPod."[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
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- ↑ 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons A Silver Mt. Zion Allmusic.com, Sergey Mesenov
- ↑ Howe, Brian (March 26, 2008). "Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band: 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons Album Review". Pitchfork.
- ↑ L, Toby (March 27, 2008). "Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra La La Band - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons (Constellation)". rockfeedback.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ Dave Kerr (March 6, 2008). "A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons". The Skinny.
- ↑ "Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band - "13 Blues for 13 Moons" - Album Review". sonicfrontiers.net. February 23, 2008. Archived from the original on March 1, 2008.
- ↑ "Thee Silver Mt. Zion Announces 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons". ALARM Magazine. December 18, 2007. Archived from the original on January 12, 2008.
- ↑ "Constellation News". cstrecords.com. Archived from the original on December 25, 2007.
- ↑ "Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra – 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons". Constellation.
- ↑ Dobson, Gareth (March 13, 2008). "Features - Rockets fall on rockist fools: Efrim Menuck embraces modernity". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ↑ "Q&A with Efrim Menuck of A Silver Mt. Zion/Godspeed You! Black Emperor". March 26, 2008. Archived from the original on April 26, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2009.