Let’s get a few facts straight right off the bat. The name is Daughn Gibson – rhymes with Jaughn, or Raughn. He was born in the village of Nazareth, PA, and currently resides in the sleepy college town of Carlisle, PA, where he frequents local watering holes like The Cave and Alibis. He’s 6’5", hovers at 200 pounds, and has a head of jet-black hair thicker than a porcupine. He played drums in the group Pearls & Brass for a number of years, touring the US to small but enthusiastic crowds, and if you tag them as “stoner-metal” it will go to show that you’ve never actually listened to them. For a few years in-between, Daughn was a trucker, sure, but he’s also been packing boxes in an un-air conditioned warehouse, climbing up commercial broadcast towers with untested levels of radiation, working the register at an adult bookstore, doing sound at dive bars and collecting unemployment checks to earn a living. Daughn’s been around.

Daughn Gibson first entered the daydreams and fantasies of the general public in the spring of last year, care of his critically-acclaimed debut album All Hell. At once both foreign and familiar, Daughn’s music is immediately striking – through the use of dusty thrift-store records and cutting edge technology, Daughn shook the ghosts out of scratchy Christian folk records and baptized them as fierce Americana with his booming baritone voice. His songs are as frequently tender as they are prurient, as hopeful as they are brimming with despair. He treats the past with a respectful reverence while still being able to appreciate what some modern-day wunderkind is doing with electronic music across the pond. The only…

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Daughn Gibson - Me Moan

SP1010 - Released: July 9, 2013

Me Moan is Daughn Gibson’s second full-length record, and his first with Sub Pop.

If you pre-order Me Moan from your good friends here at Sub Pop, you’ll receive…

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Full Lengths

All Hell

Me Moan

Singles

Lite Me Up

• Daughn Gibson - The Sound of Law (MP3)
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• Daughn Gibson - Reach Into The Fire (MP3)
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• Promo Photo - Photo Credit: Jacek Poremba

• Bio - Me Moan
• Bio - Daughn Gibson

• Cover - All Hell
• Cover - Me Moan

• Press - Guardian Guide August 2012

• The Guardian New Band of the Day
• Spin Album Review
• eMusic: Daughn Gibson's Top Country Songs
• Pitchfork Rising
• Pitchfork +1
• Pitchfork All Hell Album Review
• SPIN 5 Best New Artists March 2012