Contrary to their name, they are not a man, but three young women with voices that reverberate straight through your bones… Sounding both as old as the hills and utterly original, Mountain Man’s haunting, harmony-laden music combines elements of folk, country and traditional American music, while setting up camp alongside the likes of Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsome… Follow the link below to hear the sounds they weave…

http://www.myspace.com/mountainmansquint

Molly Erin Sarle, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and Amelia Randall Meath (aka Mountain Man) met atBennington College in Vermont. It wasn’t until Molly visited Bennington during a term off that the seeds of MOUNTAIN MAN were set on the windowsill. At the sound of Molly playing a song in the living room of their shared house, Amelia rushed down the stairs and demanded she teach it her. At this point, Molly and Amelia were not yet friends, but they shared the bond of mutual heartbreak. When Molly came back to Bennington in the spring, Alex and Amelia excitedly sprang into her room, and all three sang together for the first time. Molly and Amelia are still in school, studying Performance and Gender, and Theatre and Performance, respectively. Alex graduated in the spring of 2009 with a degree in Literature and Visual Arts.

The music of Mountain Man is nestled in the tradition of American folk, but shoots like diamond dust into the atmosphere. Their songs are shaped by three searching voices and a shared love of the world. Recorded in an friend’s attic, and former ice cream factory from the early 20th century, each track on Made The Harbor evokes the feeling of being in the room with the band as the record plays, and demands intimacy between the music and the listener.

Made The Harbor will be out in the US July 20th on Partisan Records.

Tracklist:

1. Buffalo
2. Animal Tracks
3. White Heron
4. Mouthwings
5. Dog Song
6. Soft Skin
7. How’m I Doing
8. Arabella
9. Sewee Sewee
10. Loon Song
11. Honeybee
12. Babylon
13. River