07/16/2008
Is The New Mercury Rev Single "Sense on Fire" a Sign of Weirder, More Hard-Edged Things to Come?
Once upon a time, Mercury Rev were a band that were constant evolving musically. Their music began as highly psychedelic, avant-garde prog-rock (see landmark albums like Yourself is Steam, Boces and See You On the Other Side). Each album was progression from the previous one. In 1998, they evolved once again and released their most commercial, yet their most focused album to date, Deserter's Songs (think Soft Bulletin before Soft Bulletin).
However, from then on they ceased to evolve, sinking into a "soft and safe adult contemporary period" over the course of their next two albums, both of which sounded like bland attempts to re-kindle the magic of Deserter's Songs.
But wait! There may be a light at the end of this tunnel of melancholy! The first song released from the band's upcoming album Snowflake Midnight has no verses! That's not what I would call playing it safe! "Senses on Fire" is a spacey mixture of Yourself is Steam, Boces and All is Dream, led solely by a relentless chorus. Is this a sign that the weird, hard-edged Rev is back? The album title sounds wussie-ish, but kind of weird! Something tells me these dudes still have it in em. Plus, anything with the words "on fire" in it is a good start. Fingers crossed.
Snowflake Midnight will be released on 9/29 along with, get this, another album...for free...called Strange Attractor. SO WEIRD. (Hey, it also has the word "strange" right there in the title. Wooo!). Both are being released courtesy of Yep Roc.
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Download 'Mercury Rev - Senses on Fire'3:31 | 3.21MB
Posted by Michael on 07/16/2008 8:09 AM in Experimental, Neo-Psychedelic, Indie-Rock
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