Blood Meridian (band)
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Blood Meridian is a Canadian
alternative country
band from Vancouver
, British Columbia
. The band consists of singer and songwriter Matt Camirand, guitar
ist Jeff Lee, keyboardist
Shira Blustein, bassist
Kevin Grant and drum
mer Joshua Wells. The band was named for Cormac McCarthy
's 1985 novel Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
.
The band released its debut album, We Almost Made It Home, in 2004 on Teenage USA
. They followed up in January 2006 with the EP
Soldiers of Christ on Outside Music
. In July 2006, they released their second album, Kick Up the Dust on Outside Music in Canada; the album was also released internationally on V2 Records
in August. On November 20, 2007 the band released their third album Liquidate Paris!
Camirand and Wells are also members of Black Mountain
and Pink Mountaintops
, Wells is also in Lightning Dust
, and Blustein is a member of The Choir Practice
. Jeff Lee and his wife Jenni play in a band called Hard Drugs.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
alternative country
Alternative country
Alternative country is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music...
band from Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. The band consists of singer and songwriter Matt Camirand, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
ist Jeff Lee, keyboardist
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
Shira Blustein, bassist
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Kevin Grant and drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
mer Joshua Wells. The band was named for Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy is an American novelist and playwright. He has written ten novels, spanning the Southern Gothic, Western, and modernist genres. He received the Pulitzer Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction for The Road...
's 1985 novel Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West is a 1985 Western novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. McCarthy's fifth book, it was published by Random House....
.
The band released its debut album, We Almost Made It Home, in 2004 on Teenage USA
Teenage USA
Teenage USA Recordings is a Canadian independent record label, founded by Phil Klygo and Mark DiPietro in the fall of 1997 on the back of Klygo's Skull Geek record label and fanzine....
. They followed up in January 2006 with the EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Soldiers of Christ on Outside Music
Outside Music
Outside Music is a Canadian record label and distributor, founded by Lloyd Nishimura in 1995. In 2007, it expanded to include an artist management division which counts Jill Barber, Matthew Barber, One Hundred Dollars and Sunparlour Players as management clients.Outside has released countless...
. In July 2006, they released their second album, Kick Up the Dust on Outside Music in Canada; the album was also released internationally on V2 Records
V2 Records
V2 Records is a record label that is owned by Universal Music Group as of October 2007. The label was founded in 1996 by Richard Branson, five years after he sold Virgin Records to EMI....
in August. On November 20, 2007 the band released their third album Liquidate Paris!
Camirand and Wells are also members of Black Mountain
Black Mountain (band)
Black Mountain is a Canadian rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia. The band is composed of Stephen McBean, Amber Webber, Matt Camirand, Jeremy Schmidt and Joshua Wells.-Overview:...
and Pink Mountaintops
Pink Mountaintops
Pink Mountaintops is a shoegaze psychedelic rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia. The band consists of many of the same musicians who participate in the Black Mountain collective.-Band members:*Stephen McBean*Amber Webber*CC Rose*Lyndsay Sung...
, Wells is also in Lightning Dust
Lightning Dust
Lightning Dust is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2007 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-History:The band is a side project of Amber Webber and Joshua Wells, both members of Black Mountain...
, and Blustein is a member of The Choir Practice
The Choir Practice
-External links:*...
. Jeff Lee and his wife Jenni play in a band called Hard Drugs.