| Blood Meridian | |
| Origin: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genre: | Alternative country |
| Years Active: | 2004-2009 |
| Label: | Outside Music Elevation Recordings Teenage USA |
| Associated Acts: | Black Mountain, Pink Mountaintops, Lightning Dust, 3 Inches of Blood, Black Rice, The Black Halos |
| Current Members: | Matt Camirand Jeff Lee Shira Blustein Kevin Grant Joshua Wells |
Blood Meridian was a Canadian alternative country band based in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] The band consisted of singer and songwriter Matt Camirand, guitarist Jeff Lee, keyboardist Shira Blustein, bassist Kevin Grant and drummer Joshua Wells.[2] [3] 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.[4]
Blood Meridian was formed in 2004. That year the band released its debut album, We Almost Made It Home.[5] [6] They followed up in January 2006 with the EP Soldiers of Christ.[7]
In July 2006, they released their second album, Kick Up the Dust[8] on Outside Music in Canada,[9] and internationally on V2 Records.[10] On November 20, 2007, the band released their third album Liquidate Paris!.[11] [12]
In 2006, the band toured Europe with The Black Keys, Black Mountain and Pink Mountaintops.[13] In 2009, Blood Meridian played Emergenza, the world's largest festival of unsigned bands.[14]
Wells and Camirand then went on to play with numerous bands.[15] Blustein opened a restaurant.[16] As of 2021, Jeff Lee and his wife Jenni were in a band called Hard Drugs.[17]