A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues For Thirteen Moons

1,000,000 Died to Make This Sound

#20) A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues For Thirteen Moons (2008)

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 13. 1,000,000 Died to Make This Sound
 14. 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
 15. Black Waters Blowed / Engine Broke Blues
 16. BlindBlindBlind


so we decided that every 20th post we would do a crossover thing, i'd listen to something adam_biedermann  had posted and he'd listen to something i'd posted. each time someone would get to choose for themselves and for the other person on an alternating basis. i'm sure i explained that poorly. for this first installment adam_biedermann  was the chosen one so now i'm listening to this. if you want to read his post and get a bit more info go here:  http://mykillhandiscalledevil.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-6th-2012-silver-mt-zion-13.html

having only heard 2 albums (Horses in the Sky and This Is Our Punk Rock, although i really don't remember the last one) and a live bootleg i wasn't too familiar with these guys, but i recall enjoying Horses so i was looking forward to this. right off the bat i'll have to agree with my colleague, so far this is also my favorite album.
after a little over a minute of eerie, slightly sad sounding noise spread over 12 tracks the album begins with my favorite song 1,000,000 Died to Make This Sound. while i highly enjoyed all the tracks on the album this one just really stood out to me. it starts quietly and builds itself into this beautiful cacophony of swirling strings and riffs before burning out into a string and choral arrangement for the last 3 minutes. it's very easy to win me over if you have a rad string section.
the rest of the tracks follow a fairly similar pattern of "quiet/noisy/mellow/really noisy/quiet again" and though they may be similar in that manner they are all completely different listening experiences. the guitars and strings complement each other perfectly, whether it's the chambery opening of Blindblindblind or the crushing howl of the title track this band can make it sound pretty.
so yeah, obviously i really dug this record. well played adam_biedermann, well played.