13 Blues for Thirteen Moons

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][9] 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.^[10]

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 ever album package by the band to contain conventional lyrics.^[11]

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