Weyes Blood

Natalie Laura Mering, born on June 11, 1988, in Santa Monica, California, was raised in a deeply religious Pentecostal Christian family. Her early life involved several relocations, including Scotts Valley, California, before settling in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, in 1999, where she attended high school. Music was a significant part of her upbringing, with both her parents and older brothers being musicians. Her father, Sumner Mering, was a guitarist in the late 1970s new wave band Sumner. Mering began writing songs at age 15 under the moniker Wise Blood, later changing to Weyes Blood.
In her early career, Mering was involved in the underground noise music scene and was a bassist for the Portland, Oregon-based experimental rock group Jackie-O Motherfucker. She also served as a singer for the band Satanized. After attending Lewis & Clark College in Portland, where she majored in music and hosted a radio show, she left after her first year to tour the underground music scene. Her debut studio album, “The Outside Room,” was released in 2011 through Not Not Fun Records under the name Weyes Blood and the Dark Juices. She later signed with Mexican Summer, releasing “The Innocents” in 2014 and “Front Row Seat to Earth” in 2016, both of which garnered critical attention.
A significant turning point came with her 2019 album, “Titanic Rising,” released on Sub Pop, which received widespread critical acclaim and appeared on numerous year-end and decade-end best lists. She made her television debut on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” in 2019, performing “Everyday.” This period also saw her opening for Kacey Musgraves and performing with Lana Del Rey at the Hollywood Bowl. Her fifth studio album, “And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow,” released in 2022, continued to receive acclaim, leading to the “In Holy Flux Tour” across North America and Europe in 2023. She performed at major festivals including Coachella, Glastonbury, and Fuji Rock Festival in 2023.