Blood Meridian (band)

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.

Blood Meridian
OriginVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
GenresAlternative country
Years active2004-2009
LabelsOutside Music
Elevation Recordings
Teenage USA
MembersMatt Camirand
Jeff Lee
Shira Blustein
Kevin Grant
Joshua Wells

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
  1. Brown, Marisa. "Blood Meridian - Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  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. pp. 32–. ISSN 1074-6978. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  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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