Weyes Blood

Natalie Laura Mering (born June 11, 1988), known professionally as Weyes Blood (formerly Weyes Bluhd; pronounced , like "wise blood"), is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She was primarily raised in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She has been performing her own material under variations of the name Weyes Blood since 2003. Mering's career began with her early involvement in the underground noise music scene and tenure as a member bassist of the Portland, Oregon-based experimental rock group Jackie-O Motherfucker and singer for the band Satanized. As Weyes Bluhd, she released several projects that explored softer pop and folk sounds, especially her debut studio record Strange Chalices of Seeing (2007), before adopting the alternate moniker Weyes Blood to release her sophomore release The Outside Room (2011) on micro-label Not Not Fun Records. She then signed a recording contract with independent label Mexican Summer, releasing The Innocents (2014) and Front Row Seat to Earth (2016). She released her next two studio albums, Titanic Rising (2019) and And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (2022), via Sub Pop to critical acclaim.

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