The songs on Haunted Mountain were written in mountains: by cold springs in the Serra da Estrela of Portugal, on the submerged volcano of Milos in the Cyclades, Valle Onsernone in the Swiss Alps (where Haunted Mountain’s cover photo was taken), and the Santa Monica range where Buck now calls home. Produced by the band’s own Mat Davidson, the album was recorded and mixed in two weeks by Adrian Olsen, who also performed the sound manipulation via modular synthesizer that can be heard throughout the album.

Of “Paradise,” Meek adds: “Sometimes when you half-hear something spoken, something unspoken inside the words is revealed. Your mind fills in the blank, finishes the sentence, infers deep meaning – though you still can’t fully explain it. Jolie Holland sent me some of the lyrics for this song, about feeling in awe of the vastness within a loved one, and I wrote it thinking about how love often feels too big to comprehend, like death, or life after death, or space.”

Haunted Mountain was recorded live to two inch-tape, with Meek’s band — Adam Brisbin (guitar), Austin Vaughn (drums), Mat Davidson (pedal steel, bass), Ken Woodward (bass), and Meek’s brother Dylan Meek (piano, synths) — playing together in one big room with no headphones. The band is always finding their sound, every time they pick up their instruments, and you can hear them forming anew on “Paradise,” where attention is thick in the form of spaciousness and the supportive listening becomes atmospheric.

Buck Meek Tour Dates:

Fri. Aug. 18 – Brecon Beacons, UK @ Green Man Festival
Sat. Aug. 19 – Oslo, NO @ Langs Akerselva
Mon. Aug. 21 – Copenhagen, DK @ Stengade
Tue. Aug. 22 – Berlin, DE @ Kantine am Berghain
Wed. Aug. 23 – Groningen, NL @ Noorderzon Festival
Sat. Aug. 26 – Edinburgh, UK @ Summerhall
Sun. Aug. 27 – Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
Mon. Aug. 28 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Tue. Aug. 29 – Manchester, UK @ YES
Wed. Aug. 30 – London, UK @ Lafayette
Fri. Sept. 1 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
Sun. Sept. 3 – Vlieland, NL @ Into the Great Wide Open Festival
Tue. Sept. 5 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso | Tolhuistuin
Wed. Sept. 6 – Paris, FR @ Le Hasard Ludique
Tue. Sept. 12 – Milan, IT @ Magnolia Segrate *
Wed. Sept. 13 – Turin, IT @ Spazio211 *
Thu. Sept. 14 – Nyon, CH @ La Paranthese*
Sat. Sept. 16 – Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv Club *
Fri. Oct. 27 – New York, NY @ Racket
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