Merge Records

On October 2, Merge Records will release the self-titled debut album from North Carolina’s Mount Moriah on LP. Available for the first time on vinyl, Mount Moriah was described by NPR Music as “an infectious brew of gospel, folk, rock and country that asks questions of the establishment while looking at love from every angle.”

The band will follow up the vinyl release of its debut album with a brand-new full-length in early 2013.

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 and their contemporaries, Mount Moriah challenges existing traditional folk music forms with arrangements born from Miller’s interest in minimalism and sound texture.

Track Listing
1. Only Way Out
2. Social Wedding Rings
3. Plane
4. Lament
5. Old Gowns
6. Reckoning
7. We Don’t Need Much
8. Hail, Lightning

LP-Exclusive Bonus Tracks:
1. Lament (Live at KCMP The Current 7/15/11)
2. Social Wedding Rings (Live at Oregon Public Broadcasting
2/23/12)
3. Only Way Out (Live at Oregon Public Broadcasting 2/23/12)
4. Reckoning (HearYa Live Session 7/11/11)
5. Honey (Live at WCBE Columbus 2/9/12)
6. Only Way Out (Live at KDHX St. Louis 2/11/12)
7. Lament (Live at KDHX St. Louis, 2/11/12)

Vinyl includes a coupon for full album download and bonus tracks.

TRACK	PLAY	SONG TITLE	DURATION
1		Only Way Out	05:11
2		Social Wedding Rings	04:23
3		Plane	02:33
4		Lament	03:03
5		Old Gowns	05:41
6		Reckoning	04:54
7		We Don't Need Much	02:47
8		Hail, Lightning	06:11