Mount Moriah

***Merge Records proudly announces new artist MOUNT MORIAH. In anticipation of the full length album due out next year, Merge offers this self-released 2011 debut available for the first time on limited edition vinyl with seven exclusive bonus tracks. As record store clerks in Chapel Hill, NC, HEATHER MCENTIRE (of post-punk veterans BELLAFEA) and JENKS MILLER (of heavy-psych/metal outfit HORSEBACK) spent their evenings creating Mount Moriah as an outlet for their mutual interest in classic American folk and rock music. Born in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, McEntire weaves narratives into spectral tapestries imbued with the complex majesty of the South and its deep-seated spirituality. With nods to both classic folk-rock (Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Carole King, Emmylou Harris) and their contemporaries (Gillian Welch, My Morning Jacket, Fleet Foxes), Mount Moriah challenges existing traditional folk music forms with arrangements born from Miller’s interest in minimalism and sound texture. No Export to Canada. (STREET DATE - 10/02/2012)