Merge Records
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Merge Records was started in the summer of 1989 by Laura Ballance & Mac McCaughan, the same summer they formed the band Superchunk in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The 7-inch was the format of choice during the first three years of the label, with cash borrowed from friends to finance projects. Various bedrooms served as Merge HQ until 1992, when the first Merge full-length release, Tossing Seeds by Superchunk, was released on CD, LP, and cassette. Over the years, Merge has released music by Destroyer, Caribou, Lambchop, The Clientele, Dawn Richard, The Magnetic Fields, She & Him, Teenage Fanclub, Neutral Milk Hotel, among many others.