Blood Meridian was a Canadian alternative country band based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The band consisted of singer and songwriter Matt Camirand, guitarist Jeff Lee, keyboardist Shira Blustein, bassist Kevin Grant and drummer Joshua Wells. 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.
History Blood Meridian was formed in 2004. That year the band released its debut album, We Almost Made It Home."Blood Meridian Soldiers of Christ". By Cam Lindsay Exclaim!, Mar 01, 2006 They followed up in January 2006 with the EP Soldiers of Christ.
In July 2006, they released their second album, Kick Up the Dust on Outside Music in Canada,"Blood Meridian Kick Up the Dust". Pitchfork, Sam Ubl, August 10, 2006 and internationally on V2 Records."Blood Meridian sings of jealousy, murder, and other uplifting matters". Georgia Straight, by Adrian Mack on February 7th, 2007 On November 20, 2007, the band released their third album Liquidate Paris!."Blood Meridian Liquidate Paris!".Pitchfork, Evan McGarvey March 4, 2008
In 2006, the band toured Europe with The Black Keys, Black Mountain and Pink Mountaintops. In 2009, Blood Meridian played Emergenza, the world's largest festival of unsigned bands.
Wells and Camirand then went on to play with numerous bands. Blustein opened a restaurant. As of 2021, Jeff Lee and his wife Jenni were in a band called Hard Drugs.
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
External links Blood Meridian official website