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Mountain Home (Band Members include Marissa Nadler, Joshua Blatchley, Greg Weeks Kristin Sherer, and Ilya Monosov) started by accident one evening when Ilya Monosov called future band member Joshua Blactchley to sit in for him at a show. At the time Ilya was performing mostly with the burgeoning Monosov/Swirnoff duo, this night however they were forced to cancel because a band member had come down with the flu. Josh had arrived that evening not knowing what he was going to perform and with only some heavily Bailey influenced compositions, had no idea what territory he was about to venture into. That night Joshua Blatchley decided to take more of an avant-guard approach to the material he had originally intended to play. Little did Blatchley know, but that night the more fluid structure and arrangement of the songs he played, would lay the groundwork for what would eventually become Mountain Home’s unique style and sound. Heavily influenced by the macabre and sincere sounds of the Appalachia, Mountain Home’s record taps into the timeless sound of forgotten folk, their roots more firmly placed in the dark soil of the past than bathed in the quixotic light of sixties folk revival. Marissa Nadler’s hauntingly beautiful vocals and Kristin Sherer’s dulcimer playing breathe new life into the songs on Mountain Home, some of which have been around for generations. Joshua Blatchley’s brooding guitar playing reflect the themes of death, regret and love that reappear throughout the album. With the uncertain future of Mountain Home, their upcoming tour with Marissa Nadler is quite a special affair so I cannot recommend going to check out one of the tour dates below enough. Mountain Home’s record is due out on Greg Weeks (of Espers) new label Language of Stone soon. For now you can download an exclusive track from the album below:

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Marissa Nadler Tour with Mountain Home August 2007