Merce Lemon played Elsewhere Zone One w/ Renny Conti & wished bone (pics, setlist)

Pittsburgh-based singer-songwriter Merce Lemon has a new album, Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild, out in September, and ahead of that she has a few shows lined up this summer. She stopped in Brooklyn for a show at Elsewhere Zone One on Sunday, where her set included her lovely recent singles “Will You Do Me a Kindness” and “Backyard Lover,” and a beautiful cover of Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s “I See a Darkness.” Her earnest folk gets some noisy roughened edges from the riffs that guitarist Reid Magette was ripping throughout, and it makes for a great combination.

Renny Conti (who covered Bill Callahan) and wished bone opened the show, and you can see pictures and Merce’s setlist below.

Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild is out on September 27 via Darling Records, and you can see all of Merce’s upcoming dates below.

SETLIST: MERCE LEMON @ ELSEWHERE ZONE ONE, 7/21/2024 Crows Will You Do Me a Kindness Chili Packet Window Rain Sunflower Slipknot I See a Darkness Backyard Lover Foolish and Fast Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild MERCE LEMON: 2024 TOUR DATES 8/3/24 Seattle, WA The Black Lodge * 8/12/24 Oklahoma City, OK Resonant Head + 9/9/24 Morgantown, WV 123 Pleasant Street @! 9/10/24 Columbus, OH A&R Music Bar @ 9/11/24 Toledo, OH The Ottawa Tavern @ 10/3/24 Catskill, NY The Avalon Lounge ^* 10/4/24 Burlington, VT Radio Bean * 10/6/24 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s *% 10/8/24 Chicago, IL Sleeping Village 10/18/24 Pittsburgh, PA Bottlerocket Social Hall # * w/ Greg Freeman + w/ Florry @ w/ Teethe ! w/ Natural Rat % w/ mary saint mary ^ w/ Babehoven # w/ Hemlock