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]

13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
Studio album by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
Released	March 10, 2008 (2008-03-10)
Recorded	Hotel2Tango
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 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.[9]

Track listing

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