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‘, [...]
Album Review: Mercury Rev – Snowflake Midnight
September 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Alt-rock, Alternative, Electronica, MP3s, Music, Pop/Rock, Prog, Psychedelia
Tags:Alt-rock·Dave Fridmann·Electronica·glacial·Jonathan Donahue·Mercury Rev·MP3·psych rock·Psychedelia·Synth pop
Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs
April 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Alt-rock, Folk/Acoustic, New Wierd America, Pop/Rock, Psychedelia
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 [...]
Tags:Alt-rock·Dave Fridmann·dream pop·ethereal·Garth Hudson·Grasshopper·Jonathan Donahue·Levon Helm·orchestral·psych rock·Psychedelic·The Flaming Lips