Blood Meridian (band)

"Blood Meridian" is a Canadian alternative country band from Vancouver, British Columbia. The band consists of singer and songwriter Matt Camirand, guitarist Jeff Lee, keyboardist Shira Blustein, bassist Kevin Grant and drummer 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.

External links

* [http://www.bloodmeridianmusic.com/ Blood Meridian]