Demob Happy

Second poor album in a row for once-great psych rockers
6.5/10
FIRST PUBLISHED AT THE LINE OF BEST FIT
‘Snowflake Midnight‘ is a departure from previous Mercury Rev records in that it is almost entirely dominated by electronics and glacial synths. A digital wonderland as sonically rich as Flaming Lips’ ‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots‘, Mercury Rev’s latest [...]

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10 year milesone for classic psych rock album
9/10
Mercury Rev’s 1998 album was undoubtably a turning point, a massively influencial re-envisioning of the pop-rock form that inspired countless imitators. Marginally pre-dating The Flaming Lips’ equally stunning The Soft Bulletin by about one year, in my view Deserter’s Songs began a protracted period of American dominance [...]

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