Muir is a project written and performed by Max Buchanan.
I remember listening to his stuff for the first time via a random MySpace add back when the project went under the name The Weather Council, and I liked what I heard, but it didn't quite prepare me for seeing and hearing it live. By the time that happened, he was going under the name Piers and putting a guitar tuned to B going through tons of pedals spread in a half-circle in front of him. Swiveling back and forth on a drummer's stool, he'd control and mutate his sounds while layering them until it became an assault of noise. Don't let that confuse you, though - I don't mean Sonic Youth noise or Merzbow noise or whatever you'd first expect upon reading a description like that. Instead he layers beautiful guitar lines on top of one another until it's all hitting you with beauty and heaviness all at once. It's very easy music to get lost in.
Max has two releases out there now, one under the name Piers (a split with local hardcore/screamo band The King of Red Lions, still available in stores and through the bands) and a tape limited to six physical copies.
Now playing as Muir, Max has introduced more sound samples and keyboard to his sound, adding more to an already promising mixture of sounds. If you live in the Brisbane area and have yet to see him play, do yourself a favour and change that as soon as possible. If you live elsewhere, well I guess you're shit out of luck. Either way, download this rip of his limited tape release and enjoy.
Muir - I am a Person I am Breathing (192 MP3)
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