''Blood Meridian'' was a

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alternative country band based in

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. 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

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, He and Wells were also members of Black Mountain and

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; Wells was a member of Lightning Dust as well. Lee had been with

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and Black Rice. The band was named for

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'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''. 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, and internationally on

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. On November 20, 2007, the band released their third album ''Liquidate Paris!''. In 2006, the band toured Europe with

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, Black Mountain and Pink Mountaintops. In 2009, Blood Meridian played

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, 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Blood Meridian Musical groups established in 2004 Musical groups from Vancouver Canadian alternative country groups 2004 establishments in British Columbia