Eric D. Johnson's long-running indie folk project Fruit Bats signed to Merge last year, and now they're set to release their new album Gold Past Life on June 21...
Merge Records turns 30 this year and they're celebrating three decades as an independent label with the 4-day MRG30 festival this summer in North Carolina, featuring Superchunk, Fucked Up, the Mountain Goats, Wye Oak, Destroyer, and more...
There's no Google history of the band's existence, no photo, and their bio is vague, so it seems very likely that this is a mysterious project from known musicians.
Swearin' are back from hiatus with their first album in five years and first for Merge. Related band Waxahatchee are also releasing a new EP on Merge this year.
Earlier this year, British afro-funk band Ibibio Sound Machine released their second album and first for Merge Records, Uyai, and it's gotten a nice amount of acclaim...