My new album SAME DEVIL NEW SKIN dropped Friday! Working on promotion and a short tour. Ya’ll give it a spin, tell me what you think. I’m including a short descriptor about the album from my Bandcamp page. provides a little context.

“SAME DEVIL NEW SKIN is the 4th full length studio solo record from Don Merckle. Specifically constructed to be experienced from beginning to end. Each track gaining strength and significance from the one preceding it BUT also capable of existing individually on a “song-by-song” basis. This album is designed to provide multiple experiences depending on how you choose to listen.

Don conceived the idea for this album while watching a documentary on folk-horror films and wondered if anyone had written such a thing as a folk-horror record. SAME DEVIL NEW SKIN was born and with the help of producers Evan Simmons and Zac Thomas it evolved into a 9 song cinematic roller coaster of dark themes, wild ideas and catchy melodies. A cross between trippy murder-folk and haunted western disco.

Recorded at The Jam Room Recording studio in Columbia, SC”