Mount Moriah

***Contemporary with classic influences, MOuNT MORIAH’s Miracle Temple sports bigger arrangements, louder guitars, bolder vocals, and more soulful rhythms than their acclaimed self-titled debut. Through their artful personal storytelling, the band develops a piercing portrait of a “New South” where progressive traditions are still fitfully breaking free from conservative ones. Mount Moriah’s cathartic vision for their home and themselves is writ large in their lovingly critical negotiation with romantic, political, and gender identities; geographical perspective; confrontation and forgiveness. At the heart of Mount Moriah are singer/guitarist HEATHER MCENTIRE and guitarist JENKS MILLER. Miracle Temple was recorded over five days at Beech House in Nashville and co-produced by MARK NEVERS, Miller, and McEntire; mixed by Nevers; and mastered by ALEX MCCOLLOUGH. The expanded arrangements feature an impressive variety of guest stars. DANIEL HART provides violin, ALLYN LOVE plays pedal steel, INDIGO GIRL AMY RAY sings gospel-tinged backing vocals. (STREET DATE - 2/26/2013)