Over beers last night at Golden West, Andy Stack and Jenn Wasner dropped a little bomb of good news on us: Their band,
(Monarch, until recently), has signed with venerable
, home to Spoon, Destroyer, and M. Ward, among a bunch of other indie idols. The immediate upshot--aside from the whole branding thing--is that the duo's fantastic debut,
If Children
, will get a proper national rerelease this April, with options for more releases in the future. Merge is expected to make the announcement later today.
