Blood Meridian (band)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Blood Meridian was a Canadian alternative country band based in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] The band consisted of singer and songwriter Matt Camirand, guitarist Jeff Lee, keyboardist Shira Blustein, bassist Kevin Grant and drummer Joshua Wells.[2][3] Camirand had been with The Black Halos, He and Wells were also members of Black Mountain and Pink Mountaintops; Wells was a member of Lightning Dust as well. Lee had been with 3 Inches of Blood and Black Rice.
The band was named for Cormac McCarthy's 1985 novel Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West.[4]
History
Blood Meridian was formed in 2004. That year the band released its debut album, We Almost Made It Home.[5][6] They followed up in January 2006 with the EP Soldiers of Christ.[7]
In July 2006, they released their second album, Kick Up the Dust[8] on Outside Music in Canada,[9] and internationally on V2 Records.[10] On November 20, 2007, the band released their third album Liquidate Paris!.[11][12]
In 2006, the band toured Europe with The Black Keys, Black Mountain and Pink Mountaintops.[13] In 2009, Blood Meridian played Emergenza, the world's largest festival of unsigned bands.[14]
Wells and Camirand then went on to play with numerous bands.[15] Blustein opened a restaurant.[16] As of 2021, Jeff Lee and his wife Jenni were in a band called Hard Drugs.[17]
Discography
- We Almost Made It Home (2004), Teenage USA
- Soldiers of Christ (2006, EP), Outside Music
- Kick Up the Dust (2006), Outside Music, V2 Records
- Liquidate Paris! (2007), Elevation Recordings
References
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- ↑ "Blood Meridian Soldiers of Christ". By Cam Lindsay Exclaim!, Mar 01, 2006
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- ↑ "Blood Meridian Kick Up the Dust". Pitchfork, Sam Ubl, August 10, 2006
- ↑ "Blood Meridian sings of jealousy, murder, and other uplifting matters". Georgia Straight, by Adrian Mack on February 7th, 2007
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- ↑ "Blood Meridian Liquidate Paris!".Pitchfork, Evan McGarvey March 4, 2008
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External links
- Blood Meridian official website