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- Record Label: Constellation
- Release Date: Mar 25, 2008
- Summary: The fifth full-length album by the Canadian group features four songs and 12 instrumental introductions.
- Record Label: Constellation
- Genre(s): Rock, Experimental
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Positive: 10 out of 15
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Mixed: 5 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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Today's politically charged songwriters can drop coy manifestos and clever metaphors all they want--Silver Mt Zion's 13 Blues actually flushes out the psychic, karmic residue of a suicidal civilization just to stomp around in all that apocalyptic plasma.
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13 Blues… scores 10 in almost every sense, but to award such an accolade would imply this is a record never to be bettered.
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Silver Mount Zion were already way ahead of many of their contemporaries, but 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons sees them blazing past even further, up and away, to some unexplored, perhaps dangerous, but tremendously exciting new horizons of artistic expression.
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Under The RadarMenuck's burning poetry and admittedly tiny voice are strong assets. [Spring 2008, p.84]
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Though heavy-handed lyrics and ominous proclamations can be tiresome and often too taxing on the arms of music that bears them, the sheer artistry of SMZ makes the band’s messages endurable.
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FilterIn this Patriot Act climate, where tear-gassing protesters and tazing collegians have become customary security measures, stirring irritation seems only proper. [Winter 2008, p.97]
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Alternative PressThis doesn't say the labum doesn't have its moments, but when you consider the amount of time and patience it takes to get to tthat point, it's hardly worth the payoff. [Apr 2008, p.153]
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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AlanSJun 1, 2008This is so beautiful and haunting...Im scared to listen to it alone in the dark...pitchfork have NO idea!
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CarlSMay 29, 2008
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