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Weyes Blood has a Front Row Seat to Earth

For solo artist Natalie Mering, music has always been in her blood — it’s even part of the inspiration for her musical creation, Weyes Blood. The name comes from a combination of Mering’s own musical genes, along with the influence of Flannery O’Connor’s novel Wise Blood, which the musician read when she was 15. When asked about the reasoning of blood in particular, Mering mentioned that she fell in love with the idea of blood having characteristics being passed on for generations. “Blood never really dies,” she explained, “it’s just regenerated.” Growing up in a family of musicians significantly impacted…

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