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DocuSign Envelope ID:AA4o52F4-E4o6-4Fo4-9e10-E18606475c71 <br /> Enjoy the band's performance below, and continue on for Our State's interview with Mount Moriah <br /> about its history, new album, and what it means to be a young, progressive band in North Carolina. <br /> Q: How long have you all known each other and been playing music together? <br /> McEntire: I've known Jenks the longest. 2005? 11 years?We met at a house show in Chapel Hill,and <br /> then worked together in a record store.Then we were roommates,then he proposed—no,just kidding <br /> [laughter].Then we started a pop band together called Un Deux Trois,which was short-lived. <br /> Miller:Then we shifted gears, started Mount Moriah, made a record in 2010—but when we were about <br /> to go on tour for that record, our rhythm section quit.So we hired Casey in the fall of 2010. I knew Casey <br /> because I was working on campus at UNC at the time,and Casey worked in the parking deck that I would <br /> park in. He noticed a drum set in the back of my car one day, and he was like, "Oh,you play drums? I <br /> play bluegrass."And we had already booked this tour,so we had to find people really quickly.So we <br /> thought, "Who do we know that's good?"And I was like, "Oh! The guy from the parking garage!" <br /> [laughter] So we made a record with Casey,went on the road for that record,with a different drummer <br /> from Daniel.Our old drummer Terry,who is on this most recent album,went back to school.And that's <br /> when Daniel came in. Daniel's the newest. <br /> McEntire:The newest! The youngest!The cutest!The freshest! But we hope he'll stay forever. <br /> Q: North Carolina plays a big role in your songwriting and your sound.What kind of role would you <br /> say it plays in your music? <br /> McEntire: It's hard to be subjective, but I mean,we all grew up in North Carolina, and it's just in our <br /> bones,you know?The pace, and the weird political tensions, and the passion of religion and all that. But <br /> I guess the first thing that comes to my mind is that I lyrically write a lot about place, and it's just an <br /> amazing state to explore.The coast and the mountains, it's awesome. I've never been able to leave. <br /> Q: How would you say your music has evolved from your first self-titled album in 2011 to your <br /> newest album, How To Dance? <br /> Miller:We've gotten louder, I think.When we first started, both Heather and I had these other bands <br /> that were pretty active at the time, much louder and more aggressive bands. Mount Moriah was created <br /> to be a more restrained,quieter vehicle at first. And then over time as we played more shows,we felt <br /> that louder stuff creeping back in.So now it's not nearly as reserved as it once was.The first big tour we <br /> went on was with the Indigo Girls, and it made sense at the time, sound-wise. I feel like it wouldn't <br /> necessarily make sense now, because we're so much louder. <br /> Q:Since you are going on tour again soon,what are you going to miss most while you're gone? <br /> McEntire: Well, I'll get called out if I don't say that I'll miss my girlfriend. [laughter] But I love my home, <br /> and my porch, and being out in the woods. I think I'll miss the quiet solitude.What about y'all? <br /> Toll: I think that personal space is the hardest thing to come by. <br /> Faust:And you know, Cook Out.They don't have that kind of fast food everywhere. <br /> Q:What's your favorite venue to play in North Carolina? <br />