Blood Meridian Will Kick Up The Dust Through The Spring And Summer

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Matt Camirand is a busy man these days. His Vancouver-based country-rock outfit Blood Meridian are on the cusp of releasing a new album and have been touring Europe with Black Mountain, for whom Camirand plays bass, and the Pink Mountaintops, in which he also makes the odd appearance.

Kick Up The Dust, Blood Meridian's second full-length, will be released in Canada by Outside Music on July 25. It follows closely on the heels of this year's well-received Soldiers Of Christ EP.

Blood Meridian offer this description of their music on their website: "Sometimes folky, sometimes country, always hard on the rhythms, trying desperately to recall those sweet, sweet grooves of the 60's Motown stuff."

Blood Meridian will play these dates with the Constantines:

May 17 Winnipeg, MB @ Pyramid Cabaret
May 18 Regina, SK @ The Exchange
May 19 Saskatoon, SK @ Louis' Pub
May 20 Calgary, AB @ University Of Calgary
May 21 Edmonton, AB @ Starlight Ballroom
May 22 Canmore, AB @ Canmore Hotel
May 24 Victoria, BC @ Lucky Bar
May 25 Vancouver, BC @ Richard's On Richards

Here are the songs on Kick Up The Dust:

"Your Boyfriend's Blues"
"Work Hard, For What?"
"Let It Come Down"
"Most Days"
"Soldiers Of Christ"
"Kick Up The Dust"
"In The Forest, Under The Moon"
"Good Lover"
"Try For You"
"Get Someplace Else"
"I Don't Believe"
"McDonald's Blues"
"Love And Laughter"