Mercury Rev has been around for quite some time now, cranking out atmospheric art rock. The band's 1998 album Deserter's Songs was a highly acclaimed masterpiece, and Mercury Rev has basically kept to that record's formula on subsequent releases: lush, heavily orchestrated chamber pop that flirts with the avant garde. Snowflake Midnight, which the band crafted in its own studio in the Catskills and is the band's first for Yep Roc, is no exception. Band leader Jonathan Donahue spent some time in the Flaming Lips, and Mercury Rev sounds like a more shoegazing, backwoods version of that psych-rock outfit. Nature-themed tunes on Snowflake Midnight include "Butterfly's Wing," "October Sunshine," and "Dream of a Young Girl as a Flower."
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Band: http://www.mercuryrev.com
Label: http://www.yeproc.com
