Max Stern is quickly proving himself a rather prolific songwriter. Last year, his band Signals Midwest released Light On The Lake, all the while Stern was prepping for the sophomore album from his folkier project, Meridian. The resulting record is The Cathedral, an album that expands upon the singer-songwriter approach of Meridian’s debut Aging Truths, but maintains the urgency that Stern so often deals in with Signals Midwest. Youth Conspiracy Records will be releasing The Cathedral this August, and The A.V. Club is premiering the title track below.


Meridian tour 2014:



July 24–Mahall’s 20 Lanes–Cleveland, Ohio

July 25–Carabar–Columbus, Ohio

July 26–Sadie Lee House–Flint, Michigan

Aug. 1–Star Command–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Aug. 2–St. Stephens Church–Washington, D.C.

Aug. 3–Paperhaus–Washington, D.C.

Aug. 5–House Show–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Aug. 6–Mr. Beery’s–Long Island, New York

Aug. 7–The Icehouse–Albany, New York

Aug. 8–House Show–Boston, Massachusetts

Aug. 9–Legion Bar–Brooklyn, New York

Aug. 10–The Shark Tank–Rochester, New York

Aug. 14–Euro Gyro–Kent, Ohio

Aug. 22–The Grog Shop–Cleveland, Ohio (The Cathedral release show)

Oct. 31–Nov. 2–The Fest 13–Gainesville, Florida

