Blood Meridian (band)

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Blood Meridian
Origin Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres Alternative country
Years active2004-2009
Labels Outside Music
Elevation Recordings
Teenage USA
MembersMatt Camirand
Jeff Lee
Shira Blustein
Kevin Grant
Joshua Wells

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.

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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

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References

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  2. ↑ "Blood Meridian". CBC Music. Archived from the original on 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  3. ↑ Rebecca Raber (2006). Blood Meridian Kick Up the Dust. CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. pp. 32–. ISSN   1074-6978.
  4. ↑ "Reviews: New and Noteworthy". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 12 August 2006. pp. 76–. ISSN   0006-2510.
  5. ↑ "Blood Meridian – We Almost Made It Home". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Blood Meridian Soldiers of Christ". By Cam Lindsay Exclaim!, Mar 01, 2006
  7. ↑ "Blood Meridian - Soldiers of Christ". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Blood Meridian – Kick Up The Dust". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Blood Meridian Kick Up the Dust". Pitchfork, Sam Ubl, August 10, 2006
  10. ↑ "Blood Meridian sings of jealousy, murder, and other uplifting matters". Georgia Straight, by Adrian Mack on February 7th, 2007
  11. ↑ "Blood Meridian – Liquidate Paris!". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "Blood Meridian Liquidate Paris!".Pitchfork, Evan McGarvey March 4, 2008
  13. ↑ "Blood Meridian Concert History". concertarchives.org. Concert Archives. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "Emergenza Unsigned Festival 2009". concertarchives.org. Concert Archives. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "Joshua Wells". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  16. ↑ Morrow, Fiona. "How Punk Rock Restaurateur Shira Blustein..." montecristomagazine.com. Monte Christo Magazine. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  17. ↑ "Hard Drugs, April 2016". cjsf.ca. CJSF 90.1 FM. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
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