6.75 out of 10Judging by the cover of Mountain Home's self-titled album you may have guessed they are some lame jam band. Can they jam? Yes. Are they a jam band? No. They are a Psych-Folk duo from San Diego. Think Bright Black Morning Light meets Greg Weeks (Espers) meets Marissa Nadler.
Mountain Home infuse Folk with gentle/psychedelic drones and white noises. Kristin Sherer's vocals have that same eerie/dark & moapy tone that Marissa Nadler has. Joshua Blatchley plucks away with warm distortions like tremolo and reverb on his heavy hearted guitar. Banjo is the secondary string sound. And a little bit of violin. And then the background noise, which is a quiet hum shifting it's pitch accordingly to the song. All of the songs are emotional from beginning to the end note. And, as any good folk song should, tells a great story.
Check into Mountain Home if melancholy is your thing.
Standout Tracks: The Sparrow, Battle We Are, Comes, The Winter, Nottamun Town
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