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Blood Meridian - Kick Up The Dust
Posted by Tim Karan on 04-Oct-06 @ 06:12 PM

[4/5] Taking their name from Cormac McCarthy's apocalyptic 1985 border novel, Blood Meridian is the brainchild of Black Mountain bassist Matthew Camirand, who has spent the last few years moving as far away as possible (stylistically speaking) from his days with trash-punk Canucks the Black Halos. The fuzzed-out psych power of Black Mountain is a step in the right direction; Blood Meridian, a dark approximation of the California country espoused by the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers (made darker still by the likes of Nick Cave and Mark Lanegan), constitutes several steps further. Occupying the blind spots between (the mellower moments of) Blind Melon (especially on "Most Days"), Whiskeytown and Sixteen Horsepower, Camirand and his band bring their rock sensibilities to bear upon the usual themes of country heartbreak and forlorn blues ("In The Forest Under The Moon" assumes the cadence of Nirvana covering Leadbelly's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?"), like taking an old standard and making it their own. (V2/ARTEMIS) J. Bennett




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