One song from Byram Lake Blues, "Beached",[8] became a college hit and, in 1990, the band was signed to SBK Records in the United States and EMI in Canada.
[4] In 1991, 13 Engines released their major label debut, A Blur to Me Now, which was produced by David Briggs and John Hanlon.
[12] SBK dropped them soon afterward,[4] although it did release an EP called Ignition which was the top singles from the band's next album.
[15] This album was the band's breakthrough in Canada, spawning the hit singles "More",[16] "Bred in the Bone"[17] and "Smoke & Ashes",[18] and led to a spot on The Tragically Hip's Another Roadside Attraction tour.
In 2017, the Canadian label Artoffact Records released some of the band's singles on an EP called Brave New Waves Session.