<p>For twenty years Merge Records has remained true to their belief that you can sign bands because you love their music and respect what they’re trying to do. As giant corporate labels struggle for survival Merge has in the unlikeliest of times garnered a loyal group of artists and a secure and growing fan base and most important has brought us some of the best music of our time.</p><p><em>Our Noise</em> tells the story of how Merge did it and continues to do it through the eyes of cofounders Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance their fellow band members friends and the bands who signed on with them. It includes interviews with and profiles of Superchunk Butterglory Neutral Milk Hotel Lambchop Spoon the Magnetic Fields and Arcade Fire.</p>