Moonth by Merce Lemon

Merce Lemon is a songwriter born, raised, and currently living in Pittsburgh, PA. She grew up immersed in the city’s DIY scene, writing songs and playing in bands, including a punk band called Two Dragons Black and Red, until around the age of 12.

She then took a hiatus from performing through her teen years, not finding her voice again until moving to Seattle for her last year of high school. There she met Dylan Hanwright of the band Great Grandpa, who produced two releases with her: ‘Ideal For a Light Flow With Your Body’ and ‘Girls Who Jump In’. These songs were re-released in 2020 by Pittsburgh record label Crafted Sounds.

After moving back to Pittsburgh in the fall of 2017, Merce recruited a new band—including her father Greg Pierce on guitar. On her new album ‘Moonth’ Lemon and her band craft an intimate and starkly confessional sonic world of songs that grapple with large-scale ideas.

The nature of identity, the body, memory, and relationships are all explored through the lens of fluidity, with water as a recurring motif in her songwriting, and a fitting complement to lyrics and arrangements that draw you in like a gentle tide.

100% of all profit from this release in 2020 and 2021 was donated to the Pittsburgh-based Black Unicorn Library and Archives Project. Black Unicorn centers the literary and artistic contributions of Black women, Black queer, trans people and gender nonconforming people, and honors the far reaching influence our courageous storytelling has had on the lives of generations worldwide.

Tracklist

1.	Dragon Friends	2:31

2.	Chili Packet	3:20

3.	Sardines	3:21

4.	Moon Shots	2:31

5.	Golden Lady Sauerkraut	1:17

6.	Baby	1:16

7.	Those Eyes	2:30

8.	Hysterical Clavicle	3:06

9.	No Other Fruit Exists	1:31

10.	Mugs in a Line	2:49

11.	Disco Ball	3:37

12.	Dolly Sods Blues	4:03

13.	Tiny Man	3:07

14.	Puddles	4:59

15.	Horses	0:20

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Credits

released August 14, 2020

All songs written by Merce Lemon
Recorded at Mr. Smalls Recording Studio by Nate Campisi (Audio Engineer) and Ben Corwin (Assistant Audio Engineer)
Produced by Merce Lemon and Nate Campisi
Mixed by Nate Campisi and Merce Lemon and The Band
Mastered by Larry Luther

Merce Lemon: vox (all tracks) guitar (all tracks except 15)
Greg Pierce (Dad): guitar (all tracks except 9, 11, 14) vox (5, 15) miscellaneous percussion (14)
Jim Lingo: bass (all tracks except 9, 11, 14) vox (5, 15) miscellaneous percussion (14)
Alec Ebeling: percussion (all tracks except 9, 11,14) piano (4, 7, 10) organ (1, 10, 14)
moog (14) vox (5)
Noa Lipsky: vox (all tracks)
Eric Lipsky: cello (2, 10) fiddle (5, 7)
Jessica Leigh: flute (14)
Michael Johnsen: live electronics (14)
Alisa Dix (Mom): vox (15)

Album Art by Merce Lemon

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