What better band to represent our town and state than Mount Moriah? I fell in love with this band’s creative output on the first listen. An honorable friend gifted me Mount Moriah’s first Merge Media release, Miracle Temple. The perfect accompaniment for a slow drive to the beach cd, if ever there was one.
Those merry few who caught the cut-short, back-to-back, rained-out concerts at Sarah Duke Gardens outdoor music series this past summer may remember this great track, Calavander. This song’s brilliant resonant reference to the Carteret County line conjures up so many joyful beach visits for the Durham Cool team.
Mount Moriah (band) Durham Merge Records recording artist, homecoming performance at Cat’s Cradle was too short for me (1.5 hours) but bursting with brilliance and Southern rock energy. The band was fighting through tour bus influenza.
We know HC McEntire is flying solo with a new 2023 release; listen here now. Recently while discovering more about Angel Olsen, we learned that HC McEntire toured with the artist. In the summer of 2016, McEntire joined Angel Olsen’s band as a backing vocalist. She spent eighteen months traversing North America, Europe, and Australia supporting Olsen’s astounding 2016 LP, My Woman, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
We look forward to a possible Mount Moriah band reunion, but we know HC has already set out on her own more than once, and we are certain the other members have engagements elsewhere.
Swannanoa
provided to YouTube by Merge Media Ltd Swannanoa · Mount Moriah Miracle Temple ℗ 2013 Merge Records Released on: 2013-02-26 Composer: Heather McEntire, Jenks Miller, and Casey Toll
Writing novellas, beloved Swannanoa
Say the words just chose ya
Daughter of a doctor,
But you can’t fix this part of
The plot that you gave up
When we were children
Nothing yet determined
We were empty chapters
Maps not filled in
No fears or tethers
A pair of young wayfarers
You made it all seem clearer
You’re not a coward, either
Delicate rebel,
Brilliant and feral,
Show me every vowel
Black Mountain basements
Keep you from doorsteps
Address the unrest
When we were children
Nothing yet determined
We were empty chapters
Maps not filled in
No key is a ___ for us aging archivists
I made sense of the madness
With a broken compass
Will another let it bring us light?
Is there only fiction in the fall?
Will another let it bring us light?
Is there only fiction in the fall?
Will another let it bring us light?
Is there only fiction in the fall?
Will another let it bring us light?
Is there only fiction in the fall?
Swannanoa is a shamanically hypnotic song. It must be the drum line, but it could also be the first line, “Writing novellas, beloved, say the words just chose you, “daughter of a doctor” This is my favorite selection from Miracle Temple as it triggers the urge to throw off my best James Morrison snakeline shamanic shuffle. Let me know if you feel the same.
Mount Moriah – Swannanoa – HearYa Live Session
Mount Moriah performs “Swannanoa” live in-studio for HearYa.com on 7/11/11. The session was recorded in downtown Chicago at Shirk Music + Sound and sponsored by BEER NUTS Brand Snacks.
Camera Ops: Nathan Saks and Mark Smirl
Video Editor: Stephen Shirk
Audio Producer/Engineer: Stephen Shirk
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Swannanoa
Artist
Mount Moriah
Album
Miracle Temple
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CR’s Take
Recommended
Score 77
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Mount Moriah – Swannanoa – HearYa Live Session
Mount Moriah performs “Swannanoa” live in-studio for HearYa.com on 7/11/11. The session was recorded in downtown Chicago at Shirk Music + Sound and sponsored by BEER NUTS Brand Snacks. Download mp3’s from the session for free here: http://www.hearya.com/2011/11/04/moun…
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Mount Moriah “I Built a House” | OFF THE AVENUE E161
Mount Moriah “Eureka Springs” Live at KDHX 6/17/13
See and hear the full session at: http://kdhx.org/music/live-performanc… Mount Moriah performs “Eureka Springs” live in the Magnolia Avenue Studios of KDHX in St. Louis, June 17, 2013. Hosted by Chris Bay for Gold Soundz. Audio by Dan Kinney. Video by Ed Kleinberg.
Mount Moriah’s Southern Baptist Upbringing
Heather McEntire of Mount Moriah talks about being queer in the South and her band’s new album, Miracle Temple. See story here: http://bit.ly/14tbdNA
Interview with Mount Moriah (Live at SXSW)
Russ Borris with Mount Moriah lives at Hotel San José Austin, Texas. Recorded at SXSW, March 14, 2013 Host: Russ Borris Engineer: Jim O’Hara Cameras: Jim O’Hara, Tim Pierson, and Josh Briseño Editor: Joe Grimaldi
Mount Moriah – Swannanoa – HearYa Live Session
Mount Moriah performs “Swannanoa” live in-studio for HearYa.com on 7/11/11. The session was recorded in downtown Chicago at Shirk Music
Song
Swannanoa
Artist
Mount Moriah
Album
Miracle Temple
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[Merlin] mergerecords (on behalf of Merge Records); ASCAP, Exploration Group (Music Publishing), and 5 Music Rights Societies
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Mount Moriah – The Letting Go
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Hueism Pictures (http://hueismpictures.com/) Directors: Habib Yazdi, Andrew Synowiez Director of Photography: Andrew Synowiez
Mount Moriah – Calvander (Lyric Video)
From the Calvander 7-inch, out October 9, 2015, on Merge Records.
Calvander
Mount Moriah
Under the Calvander sign
Hitched a ride to the Carteret county line
Down on my knees by the bogue bank tide
Prayed to something for some kind
Any kind of light
Inner banks all the way east
Followed the tracks out past the fishery
I swear to God tonight
Those Jacksonville boys ain’t gonna find
Sweet
Company
Carry on and on and on on
With your cosmic reach
Newport river whispered fate
Spells cast with every crashing wave
Neon lines and a new name
Held up my palm and I offered up my face
Blue heart and a dark mind
Looking for any kind some kind of sign
I swear to God tonight
Those Jacksonville boys ain’t gonna find
Sweet
Company
…
Keep me gentle and keep me easy
Four lines of mounted mercury
Keep me gentle and keep me easy
Four lines of mounted mercury
Keep me gentle and keep me easy
Four lines of mounted mercury
Keep me gentle and keep me easy
Four lines of mounted mercury
Under the calvander sign
Hitched a ride to the Carteret county line
Down on my knees by the bogue bank tide
Prayed to something for some kind
Any kind of light
Inner banks all the way east
Followed the tracks out past the fishery
I swear to God tonight
Those Jacksonville boys ain’t gonna find
Sweet
Company
Carry on and on and on on
With your cosmic reach
Source: Musixmatch
Mount Moriah – Lament
Director: Habib Yazdi
Director of Photography: Andrew Synowiez
Gaffer: Alex Maness
Production Stills: Lalitree Darnielle
If this will be
Anything
Then let it be
Over
Because the heart can’t keep
Trying
To love something
It doesn’t
If this will be
Anything
Then let it be a
Disaster
A mouthful of bees
Couldn’t stop me
From whispering,
I don’t know you.
But if scars could sing
About the permanent things
They’d say it’s damaged
But it was something.
If this will be anything
Then let it be over
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Heather Mcentire / Robert Miller
Lament lyrics © Rough Trade Publishing
Lament
A great video, a familiar Durham NC setting for an incredible song. The line “a mouthful of bees could not stop me from whispering, “I don’t know you”. Quite the rhyming sequence. Consider for just a shutdown moment, the prospect of a mouthful of stirring bees. Next, If stars could sing about permanent things, they would sing, “It was damaged, but it was something”.
This song hits your primal core and resonates down the spine of astral memory.
Song
Miracle Temple Holiness
Artist
Mount Moriah
Album
Miracle Temple
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Mount Moriah – Miracle Temple Holiness – Luna Sessions @Pickathon 2016 S01E11
Special thanks to The Oregon Film Office.
Producer: Ryan Stiles
Executive Producer: Zale Schoenborn
Associate Producer: Terry Groves, John MacArthur
Assistant Producer: Stephanie Manzo
Line Producer: Seth Chandler
Production Manager: Alisha Flaumenbaum, Josh Madera
Associate Distribution Producer: Ned Failing, Shawna Burke, David Gluck
Legal: Vincent Sliwoski, Harris Moure, PLLC
Editor: Ryan Stiles
Camera: Thomas Lyons
Audio Recording Engineer: Brian Bovenizer
Channels Mix Engineer: Jason Powers
Production Assistant: Peter Rodocker
Intro Sound Design: Josh Derry
Mount Moriah – Calvander – 2/8/2016 – Paste Studios, New York, NY
This stripped-down duo version is worthy of your attention. The lyric, vocal Viking performance, solid guitar chord strum, between the stocked shelves of Paste Studio tapes.
Mount Moriah – Miracle Temple Holiness (Official Music Video)
I was a saint, I wed the breaking dawn
Bricks met neatly, and the doors stayed closed
Beholden to only haunt the familiar womb
Master garden paths
Never lost, never lost, never lose
Sullen soothsayer, I held the tea leaves close
I nailed the good book onto every beadboard post
I kept the hemlocks groomed, owned the beam, and mote
Free will, follow me
Never lost, never lost, never lose
If fearness shakes up your holy water
Let it rise, let it rise, let it rise
I’ve seen the darkness take you down with it, mama
Let it rise, let it rise, let it rise
Let it rise
I was a saint, I wed the breaking dawn
I kept the kettle on, shines the savior’s throne
Beholden to only haunt the familiar womb
Master garden paths
Never lost, never lost, never lose
If fearness shakes up your holy water
Let it rise, let it rise, let it rise
I’ve seen the darkness take you down with it, mama
Let it rise, let it rise, let it rise
Let it rise
If fearness shakes up your holy water
Let it rise, let it rise, let it rise
Let it rise
I’ve seen the darkness take you down with it, mama
Let it rise
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Mount Moriah – Telling The Hour – HearYa Live Session
Mount Moriah performs “Telling The Hour” live in-studio for HearYa.com on 7/11/11. The session was recorded in downtown Chicago at Shirk Music + Sound and sponsored by BEER NUTS Brand Snacks
Mount Moriah “Eureka Springs” | OFF THE AVENUE E162
Blessed O Blessed,
Look at all those pretty dresses
We’re in the glass chapel with all of the doves,
Crying into the napkins.
Take a Seven & Seven,
Hand me one more until it’s lifted.
We waded into the healing spring,
But nothing happened.
Are you hardened?
Can you pardon the very hand
That draws a line into the sand?
Those hard mark-making women,
They will take all they are given.
The orange sun slipped into the ridge.
And all was silent.
Lights out at Crescent,
Let me head back on to Memphis.
J-23, BROTHER promise me
My name is up next.
Are you hardened?
Can you pardon the very hand?
That draws a line into the sand?
