This band is part of a local collective called Drughorse that also includes Max Indian, Luego (who count Peter Holsapple among their members), Ryan Gustafson, the Light Pines, Old Bricks, etc. They just released an EP but have recorded a full length LP. To the best of my knowledge it still doesn't have release date or a label yet. Next week they play a local music series called Local Band/Local Beer at Tir Na nOg in Raleigh before embarking on a tour with the Indigo Girls (followed by a stint with Amy Ray). Old Gowns (the clip below) is a taste from their upcoming debut record.
Mt. Moriah "Old Gowns"
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Posted 15 October 2010 - 01:29 PM
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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Posted 17 March 2011 - 08:09 AM
Getting to Know... Mount Moriah
Jenks Miller was in a band called Mount Moriah long before he even met Heather McEntire, but it wasn’t until the two came together that the sound fell into place. Taking the moniker as their own, the two began fooling around with alt.country-inspired, secular gospel harmonies and folk melodies, a sound wholly separate from other projects that had occupied their time and talents. Mount Moriah is set to release its debut self-titled LP April 12, but first we sat down with McEntire and Miller to talk Southern music, the road behind, and the music ahead.
To read the interview, click here.
Jenks Miller was in a band called Mount Moriah long before he even met Heather McEntire, but it wasn’t until the two came together that the sound fell into place. Taking the moniker as their own, the two began fooling around with alt.country-inspired, secular gospel harmonies and folk melodies, a sound wholly separate from other projects that had occupied their time and talents. Mount Moriah is set to release its debut self-titled LP April 12, but first we sat down with McEntire and Miller to talk Southern music, the road behind, and the music ahead.
To read the interview, click here.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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I used to work in the kitchen at Aurora Restaurant with a guy that was/is? in Mt Moriah. I cant remember his name; this was back in 2006 I think. I will have to look into this some more.
By the way, I work at Duke and saw a NC plate on a car that was "Driver 8." It was a red Pontiac. Know who this is?? I took a pic of the plate with my phone and now its my wallpaper backround on my phone, haha.
By the way, I work at Duke and saw a NC plate on a car that was "Driver 8." It was a red Pontiac. Know who this is?? I took a pic of the plate with my phone and now its my wallpaper backround on my phone, haha.
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whulmef, on 17 March 2011 - 05:13 PM, said:
I used to work in the kitchen at Aurora Restaurant with a guy that was/is? in Mt Moriah. I cant remember his name; this was back in 2006 I think. I will have to look into this some more.
That was more than likely Jenks Miller. There was an earlier incarnation of the band prior to Heather McIntire joining.
whulmef, on 17 March 2011 - 05:13 PM, said:
By the way, I work at Duke and saw a NC plate on a car that was "Driver 8." It was a red Pontiac. Know who this is?? I took a pic of the plate with my phone and now its my wallpaper backround on my phone, haha.
I have no idea. It's definitely not I, I've never been into the vanity plate thing.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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From Durham's Independent Weekly:
Mount Moriah's Mount Moriah
by Grayson Currin
Nominally, Mount Moriah is a country-rock band. As the modifier suggests, Heather McEntire's voice is tender but tough, her slight drawl held closely by high, sympathetic harmonies on the band's eponymous debut. Her lyrics work through references to red clay, church pews and soil turned by hands, too, Southern signifiers of McEntire's Western North Carolina roots. As rock goes, the guitars of McEntire and Jenks Miller are most often electric, given to surfeits of distortion that make their melodies jut like jetties through a simple rhythm section that's steadfast and crackling.
But Mount Moriah doesn't fit any of the general country-rock molds. McEntire mostly sings about love and loss, sure, but she avoids maudlin tales of toothless heartache. Instead, she grounds her words with the sort of details and images that suggest she's relaying distillations of her real life. "If this will be anything, then let it be over," she offers over an organ's peal and Miller's serpentine guitar line on "Lament." The frontwoman of post-punk trio Bellafea, McEntire treats Mount Moriah's different sounds with the same welcome directness, venting her invective and pondering the past with the earnest attention of a young firebrand. During "Lament," she demands a decision; across Mount Moriah, she moves with much more resolve and purpose than pity.
What's more, Miller plays lead guitar with an elliptical calm that's not beholden to the showmanship often heard from country or rock instrumentalists. For a guy who also leads the heavy metal band Horseback, guitar solos here are remarkably limited and often elementary, played with a restraint and musical vernacular that suggest a humble back-porch picker. "Reckoning," for instance, is McEntire's plea to her mother to accept her daughter's sexuality. "If your old book says it's true/ back of your knees locked to the seat of the pew/ With fierceness painful and pure/ I will reckon you," she sings in the chorus after delivering the news that the love of her life is a woman. Before the last verse, Miller takes a rare solo; it's slow and snaking, rendered with a few choice notes. Like McEntire explaining herself to her mother, Miller is trying to make the news as easy to understand as possible, phrased in a language that's plain and logical. It's not that Miller can't get fancy. Rather, a little like George Harrison or Bill Frisell, he chooses not to, opting instead to insert the proper textures and tones in the most perfect places. That Spartan approach mirrors McEntire's lyrical search for le mot juste; everything is considered and collected.
Mount Moriah's mix of styles—a country template branded with rock tones, both tempered by punk impulses—possibly isn't postmodern enough for the 2011 market, where unfocused, exclamatory pastiche often passes for innovative, eclectic ideas. There are no Afrobeat infusions here, no headlong, sans-transition plunges into undeveloped drones or atmospheres. No, Mount Moriah is too patient, careful and diligent for that. Instead, these are carefully written and carefully played songs, beholden to nothing more than the very personal tales they tell. McEntire and Mount Moriah give her set of memories—delays and layovers on the way to meet a long-distance lover, lustful nights spent on roofs of bars, bellyaches based on gin and raw nerves—more respect than that. They play songs about the past as if they're studying what has happened so as to make a better plan for the future.
That future arrives during the last two songs of Mount Moriah, after McEntire has relayed her travails and even told her mother: On "We Don't Need That Much," she and her lover break from society into a sort of monastic sanctuary, escaping former anxieties for a life of "flannel shirts and coffee in camping cups." Over a simple banjo trot, the image suggests the sort of heaven her mother's "old book" might never have imagined. And on closer "The Hail, The Lightning," McEntire finally sees her troubles as a prelude to future promise. "We are awake, we are alive, and we know," she howls, hinting at the storms she summons in Bellafea, adding tension to the organ and fiddle creaks. It's the sound of country being rocked at the foundations.
Mount Moriah's Mount Moriah
by Grayson Currin
Nominally, Mount Moriah is a country-rock band. As the modifier suggests, Heather McEntire's voice is tender but tough, her slight drawl held closely by high, sympathetic harmonies on the band's eponymous debut. Her lyrics work through references to red clay, church pews and soil turned by hands, too, Southern signifiers of McEntire's Western North Carolina roots. As rock goes, the guitars of McEntire and Jenks Miller are most often electric, given to surfeits of distortion that make their melodies jut like jetties through a simple rhythm section that's steadfast and crackling.
But Mount Moriah doesn't fit any of the general country-rock molds. McEntire mostly sings about love and loss, sure, but she avoids maudlin tales of toothless heartache. Instead, she grounds her words with the sort of details and images that suggest she's relaying distillations of her real life. "If this will be anything, then let it be over," she offers over an organ's peal and Miller's serpentine guitar line on "Lament." The frontwoman of post-punk trio Bellafea, McEntire treats Mount Moriah's different sounds with the same welcome directness, venting her invective and pondering the past with the earnest attention of a young firebrand. During "Lament," she demands a decision; across Mount Moriah, she moves with much more resolve and purpose than pity.
What's more, Miller plays lead guitar with an elliptical calm that's not beholden to the showmanship often heard from country or rock instrumentalists. For a guy who also leads the heavy metal band Horseback, guitar solos here are remarkably limited and often elementary, played with a restraint and musical vernacular that suggest a humble back-porch picker. "Reckoning," for instance, is McEntire's plea to her mother to accept her daughter's sexuality. "If your old book says it's true/ back of your knees locked to the seat of the pew/ With fierceness painful and pure/ I will reckon you," she sings in the chorus after delivering the news that the love of her life is a woman. Before the last verse, Miller takes a rare solo; it's slow and snaking, rendered with a few choice notes. Like McEntire explaining herself to her mother, Miller is trying to make the news as easy to understand as possible, phrased in a language that's plain and logical. It's not that Miller can't get fancy. Rather, a little like George Harrison or Bill Frisell, he chooses not to, opting instead to insert the proper textures and tones in the most perfect places. That Spartan approach mirrors McEntire's lyrical search for le mot juste; everything is considered and collected.
Mount Moriah's mix of styles—a country template branded with rock tones, both tempered by punk impulses—possibly isn't postmodern enough for the 2011 market, where unfocused, exclamatory pastiche often passes for innovative, eclectic ideas. There are no Afrobeat infusions here, no headlong, sans-transition plunges into undeveloped drones or atmospheres. No, Mount Moriah is too patient, careful and diligent for that. Instead, these are carefully written and carefully played songs, beholden to nothing more than the very personal tales they tell. McEntire and Mount Moriah give her set of memories—delays and layovers on the way to meet a long-distance lover, lustful nights spent on roofs of bars, bellyaches based on gin and raw nerves—more respect than that. They play songs about the past as if they're studying what has happened so as to make a better plan for the future.
That future arrives during the last two songs of Mount Moriah, after McEntire has relayed her travails and even told her mother: On "We Don't Need That Much," she and her lover break from society into a sort of monastic sanctuary, escaping former anxieties for a life of "flannel shirts and coffee in camping cups." Over a simple banjo trot, the image suggests the sort of heaven her mother's "old book" might never have imagined. And on closer "The Hail, The Lightning," McEntire finally sees her troubles as a prelude to future promise. "We are awake, we are alive, and we know," she howls, hinting at the storms she summons in Bellafea, adding tension to the organ and fiddle creaks. It's the sound of country being rocked at the foundations.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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Caught their CD release show Saturday here in Raleigh and never have I found Heather McIntire's voice more mesmerizing. If you haven't done so already, you can stream their debut album and their The Letting Go EP at Bandcamp.com. They also just announced a string of dates opening for the Indigo Girls this summer. If they come to your town by all means be sure to check them out.
7/10 | Carmel IN @ The Palladium, w/ Indigo Girls
7/11 | Chicago IL @ The Whistler w/ Judson Claiborne (no IG this night)
7/12 | Fish Creek WI @ Door Community, w/ Indigo Girls
7/13 | Minneapolis MN @ Minnesota Zoo, w/ Indigo Girls
7/15 | Arvada CO @ Arvada Center, w/ Indigo Girls
7/16 | Boulder CO @ Chautauqua Auditorium, w/ Indigo Girls
7/17 | Beaver Creek CO @ Vilar, w/ Indigo Girls
7/18 | Salt Lake City UT @ Kenley Amphitheater, w/ Indigo Girls
7/20 | Seattle WA @ Seattle Zoo, w/ Indigo Girls
7/21 | Seattle WA @ Seattle Zoo, w/ Indigo Girls
7/22 | Portland OR @ Portland Zoo, w/ Indigo Girls
7/23 | Redway CA @ Mateel Hall, w/ Indigo Girls
7/24 | Saratoga CA @ Mountain Winery, w/ Indigo Girls
7/25 TBA
7/26 | Los Angeles CA @ Troubadour, w/ Indigo Girls
7/27 | San Diego CA @ Humphrey’s, w/ Indigo Girls
7/10 | Carmel IN @ The Palladium, w/ Indigo Girls
7/11 | Chicago IL @ The Whistler w/ Judson Claiborne (no IG this night)
7/12 | Fish Creek WI @ Door Community, w/ Indigo Girls
7/13 | Minneapolis MN @ Minnesota Zoo, w/ Indigo Girls
7/15 | Arvada CO @ Arvada Center, w/ Indigo Girls
7/16 | Boulder CO @ Chautauqua Auditorium, w/ Indigo Girls
7/17 | Beaver Creek CO @ Vilar, w/ Indigo Girls
7/18 | Salt Lake City UT @ Kenley Amphitheater, w/ Indigo Girls
7/20 | Seattle WA @ Seattle Zoo, w/ Indigo Girls
7/21 | Seattle WA @ Seattle Zoo, w/ Indigo Girls
7/22 | Portland OR @ Portland Zoo, w/ Indigo Girls
7/23 | Redway CA @ Mateel Hall, w/ Indigo Girls
7/24 | Saratoga CA @ Mountain Winery, w/ Indigo Girls
7/25 TBA
7/26 | Los Angeles CA @ Troubadour, w/ Indigo Girls
7/27 | San Diego CA @ Humphrey’s, w/ Indigo Girls
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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Posted 20 June 2011 - 08:23 AM
Revised tour schedule for this summer:
7/03 | Durham NC @ Eno River Festival 2pm
7/08 | Charlotte NC @ Visulite Theater – Shuffle Magazine Party
7/10 | Carmel IN @ The Palladium, w/ Indigo Girls
7/11 | Chicago IL @ HearYa studios live session
7/11 | Chicago IL @ The Whistler, w/ Judson Claiborne 10pm
7/12 | Fish Creek WI @ Door Community, w/ Indigo Girls
7/13 | Minneapolis MN @ Minnesota Zoo, w/ Indigo Girls
7/15 | Arvada CO @ Arvada Center, w/ Indigo Girls
7/16 | Boulder CO @ Chautauqua Auditorium, w/ Indigo Girls
7/17 | Beaver Creek CO @ Vilar, w/ Indigo Girls
7/18 | Salt Lake City UT @ Kenley Amphitheater, w/ Indigo Girls
7/20 | Seattle WA @ Seattle Zoo, w/ Indigo Girls
7/21 | Seattle WA @ Seattle Zoo, w/ Indigo Girls
7/22 | Portland OR @ Portland Zoo, w/ Indigo Girls
7/23 | Redway CA @ Mateel Hall, w/ Indigo Girls
7/24 | Saratoga CA @ Mountain Winery, w/ Indigo Girls
7/26 | Los Angeles CA @ Troubadour, w/ Indigo Girls SOLD OUT
7/27 | San Diego CA @ Humphrey’s, w/ Indigo Girls
8/13 | Pittsboro NC @ TRKfest – Pittsboro Biofuels
9/09 | Raleigh NC @ Hopscotch Music Festival
7/03 | Durham NC @ Eno River Festival 2pm
7/08 | Charlotte NC @ Visulite Theater – Shuffle Magazine Party
7/10 | Carmel IN @ The Palladium, w/ Indigo Girls
7/11 | Chicago IL @ HearYa studios live session
7/11 | Chicago IL @ The Whistler, w/ Judson Claiborne 10pm
7/12 | Fish Creek WI @ Door Community, w/ Indigo Girls
7/13 | Minneapolis MN @ Minnesota Zoo, w/ Indigo Girls
7/15 | Arvada CO @ Arvada Center, w/ Indigo Girls
7/16 | Boulder CO @ Chautauqua Auditorium, w/ Indigo Girls
7/17 | Beaver Creek CO @ Vilar, w/ Indigo Girls
7/18 | Salt Lake City UT @ Kenley Amphitheater, w/ Indigo Girls
7/20 | Seattle WA @ Seattle Zoo, w/ Indigo Girls
7/21 | Seattle WA @ Seattle Zoo, w/ Indigo Girls
7/22 | Portland OR @ Portland Zoo, w/ Indigo Girls
7/23 | Redway CA @ Mateel Hall, w/ Indigo Girls
7/24 | Saratoga CA @ Mountain Winery, w/ Indigo Girls
7/26 | Los Angeles CA @ Troubadour, w/ Indigo Girls SOLD OUT
7/27 | San Diego CA @ Humphrey’s, w/ Indigo Girls
8/13 | Pittsboro NC @ TRKfest – Pittsboro Biofuels
9/09 | Raleigh NC @ Hopscotch Music Festival
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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Posted 22 June 2011 - 04:46 PM
Very nice feature on Mount Moriah in the current issue of Charlotte's Shuffle Magazine. To read the article click on the image above.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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From Mt. Moriah's FB page (click on the image to order the live album):
You can now purchase for digital download Live at the Local 506, our first of many live releases, at the link below. Recorded live in Chapel Hill on 12/8/10 with a 6-piece band, all sales will go towards the recording of our new full length which we are currently working on.
You can now purchase for digital download Live at the Local 506, our first of many live releases, at the link below. Recorded live in Chapel Hill on 12/8/10 with a 6-piece band, all sales will go towards the recording of our new full length which we are currently working on.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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Posted 03 October 2011 - 11:39 AM
"Lament" is NPR's Song of the Day today.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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Heather McEntire of Mount Moriah who opened for the Rosebuds in NYC last night
For more photos, along with a review of the show from the Brooklyn Vegan, click here.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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Here's the rest of the videos for the HearYa Live Sessions including the new song "Swannanoa". Click on this link for more info as well as a way to download audio from the entire session.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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Posted 18 November 2011 - 11:47 AM
For anyone that may be interested, here's a link to their show at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC from October 10th.
[photo courtesy of Joshua Trupin]
Mount Moriah
2011-10-12
Bowery Ballroom
New York, NY USA
Setlist:
[Total Time 45:26]
01 Only Way Out
02 The Letting Go
03 Plane
04 Social Wedding Rings
05 Reckoning
06 Hail, Lightning
07 [banter-false start]
08 Telling The Hour
09 [new song]
10 Lament
[photo courtesy of Joshua Trupin]
Mount Moriah
2011-10-12
Bowery Ballroom
New York, NY USA
Setlist:
[Total Time 45:26]
01 Only Way Out
02 The Letting Go
03 Plane
04 Social Wedding Rings
05 Reckoning
06 Hail, Lightning
07 [banter-false start]
08 Telling The Hour
09 [new song]
10 Lament
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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Posted 05 December 2011 - 09:22 AM
Look who came in at #1 on Shuffle magazine's Top 25 Records from the Carolinas list:
1. Mount Moriah — Mount Moriah (Holidays For Quince)
The country-flavored rock of the eponymous debut from Mount Moriah, the Durham band led by singer Heather McEntire and guitarist Jenks Miller, struck a chord this year, and with more than just our critics’ panel. These eight tracks read like fading photos rendered into 3D by McEntire’s topical — yet emotionally timeless — stories of hardship and perseverance, as well as Miller’s intricate modern guitar decor. As Shuffle’s Jordan Lawrence examined in this issue, that knack for comfortably folding the new in with the traditional is what sets Carolinas country-rock apart. “Lament” was the perfect indie-tinged single, two-and-a-half minor-key minutes of swirling organ and snaking guitar capturing a relationship’s implosion. Over a shuffling beat and forlorn pedal steel, “The Reckoning” relates the moment McEntire came out to her deeply religious mother. The quick-tempo “Social Wedding Rings” hums with the regret of “mistakes made” while Miller’s fuzzed-out guitar singes those memories, and the processional “Hail, Lightning” ends things with resolve, offered like prayer, to “let us heal, let us grow.” Concise, redemptive and beautiful, Mount Moriah reminds us what makes this region’s music so wondrous and fertile. (JS)
1. Mount Moriah — Mount Moriah (Holidays For Quince)
The country-flavored rock of the eponymous debut from Mount Moriah, the Durham band led by singer Heather McEntire and guitarist Jenks Miller, struck a chord this year, and with more than just our critics’ panel. These eight tracks read like fading photos rendered into 3D by McEntire’s topical — yet emotionally timeless — stories of hardship and perseverance, as well as Miller’s intricate modern guitar decor. As Shuffle’s Jordan Lawrence examined in this issue, that knack for comfortably folding the new in with the traditional is what sets Carolinas country-rock apart. “Lament” was the perfect indie-tinged single, two-and-a-half minor-key minutes of swirling organ and snaking guitar capturing a relationship’s implosion. Over a shuffling beat and forlorn pedal steel, “The Reckoning” relates the moment McEntire came out to her deeply religious mother. The quick-tempo “Social Wedding Rings” hums with the regret of “mistakes made” while Miller’s fuzzed-out guitar singes those memories, and the processional “Hail, Lightning” ends things with resolve, offered like prayer, to “let us heal, let us grow.” Concise, redemptive and beautiful, Mount Moriah reminds us what makes this region’s music so wondrous and fertile. (JS)
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 08:32 PM
From a feature in the current issue of Durham, NC's Independent Weekly called "10 In Local Music To Look For in '12":
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Rather than self-release their excellent debut LP to no interest or acclaim or settle for a middling record deal that wouldn't have done them any favors, Mount Moriah held onto their music, playing shows and finishing tours before finally releasing their first batch of eight songs. As such, they're sitting on another set of tunes ready to be recorded, and they've built a substantial bit of buzz for their start. After a Pitchfork review and several slews of dates with the Indigo Girls, they'll join The Hold Steady's Craig Finn for a full national tour in early 2012. Theirs is certainly a gospel worth spreading.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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Click on the image to link to OPB Music's website to watch Mount Moriah taking part in their Studio Sessions feature.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
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Posted 17 October 2012 - 08:39 AM
"The Letting Go" in a Suburu ad:
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
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