13 Blues for Thirteen Moons

Consisting of 12 extremely short, noisy tracks followed by four extended pieces each clocking in at around 15 minutes, 13 BLUES FOR THIRTEEN MOONS is the 2008 offering by the Silver Mt. Zion ensemble, here credited as Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band. As on all of the band's projects, 13 BLUES reflects the challenging post-rock aesthetic of Efrim Menuck, also of Godspeed You Black Emperor, leading listeners through passages of startling symphonic rock (the title track) and bleak melancholia ("Black Water Blowed/Engine Broke Blues").