Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band are an act stretching their ideas and expanding their vision into the undeniably satisfying album 'Where the Messengers Meet' for US label Dead Oceans, home to The Tallest Man On Earth and Phosphorescent. 'Where The Messengers Meet is an exercise in contrasts: the delicate and gentle, the dark and furious. Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band collects powerful compositions into one cohesive whole held together with lush production and a haunting atmosphere. They are imperceptibly inching away from an angular style influenced by ModestMouse and Wolf Parade, instead incorporating an epic sound recalling both the modern masters such as Arcade Fire, and classic pioneers, like Pink Floyd. Still true on 'Where The Messengers Meet' are classic rock-informed guitar leads and thundering anthems, but the band carefully melds those elements with subtle organ sounds, layered strings and a measure of restraint. The songs feel related to one another lyrically, musically, thematically-it feels like a true album, something that holds together from start to finish. Hailing from Seattle, Mt St Helens Vietnam Band was conceived (a little over a year and a half ago) in order that 28-year-old songwriter Benjamin Verdoes could teach his younger brother Marshall, now 15, to play the drums!

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. At Night
2. Leaving Trails
3. The Roof
4. Hurrah
5. Not To Know
6. You Were / I Was
7. Gone Again
8. Bitter Cold
9. In A Hole
10. Cadence
11. Messengers
12. George Clark