Chris Hemer and Sam Mishos discuss their latest release, 'Mountains Turned to Dust,' how revisionist westerns and Willie Dunn's counter-narratives inform their music, and why they remain committed to the album as an organizing principle. Settler Myths and Reverb — Funeral Lakes Rewrite the Western:

New podcast interview available featuring Chris Hemer from Canadian indie band @funerallakes.bsky.social Chris spoke about their growth over their 2 albums & 3 EPs, And his research work which has informed many of their songs. Listen here on @mixcloud.bsky.social 👇 www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...

Lots of new music releases today but I think 'Mountains Turned to Dust' from @funerallakes.bsky.social deserves your listening consideration. Here's my thoughts on it over on @medium.com damienjoyce.medium.com/dispelling-t... #Indie #countrygaze #musicdiscovery #newmusic

On Mountains Turned to Dust, Kingston’s Funeral Lakes @funerallakes.bsky.social continues their country-tinged reassessment of Canadian history. It’s gorgeous, anxious, and consuming. More here:

Our EP Mountains Turned to Dust is out today. You can find it wherever you listen to music. It was a real joy to put these songs together with our friends, who all happen to be incredibly talented musicians.

Our new EP Mountains Turned to Dust is out this Friday. Excited to share these songs 💙

Some highlights (they're all highlights): Funeral Lakes @funerallakes.bsky.social from Kingston, Ontario:

New song ‘Dreaming of Heroes’ out today. Our EP Mountains Turned to Dust is available for pre-order: funerallakes.bandcamp.com/album/mounta...

Great show this week! The world premiere of the new @funerallakes.bsky.social, new Fat Dog before their @popmontreal.bsky.social show, loads more #newmusic from @passionmango.bsky.social @absolutelosers.bsky.social etc & a tribute to Superlungs. Hit the Soundcloud! soundcloud.com/thepressured...

Our new EP, Mountains Turned to Dust, will be out 9/19/25. You can read more about the songs and what inspried them here: open.substack.com/pub/funerall...

New piece about our last album in The Skeleton Press by Rob Howard of @kingstonlive.bsky.social. Print media lives on!