Credit: Joe Magistro
“an atypical orchestral-pop delight” - Pitchfork
"this is a terrific record … easily Mercury Rev’s biggest, most ambitious record to date." - BrooklynVegan
"15 Sadcore Albums to Get You Through the Fall" - VOGUE
"Over three decades removed from the release of their debut album, Mercury Rev
have become a buzz band all over again" - FLOOD Magazine
“‘Ancient Love' is celestial, dreamy, and backed by wailing guitars and horns." - Consequence
“‘A Bird Of No Address’ is a real melodramatic ballad with lots of piano and even more reverb.” - Stereogum
Singles: “A Bird of No Address” “Ancient Love” “Patterns” “Born Horses”
Legendary psychedelic rock band Mercury Rev released their new album Born Horses via Bella Union to acclaim spanning Pitchfork, Stereogum, BrooklynVegan, Consequence, Under The Radar, Talkhouse, Uproxx, NME, FLOOD Magazine and Clash. The band is thrilled to bring their riveting live show stateside, kicking off their North American tour February 24 in Vancouver with stops in NYC, LA, Seattle, Boston, DC and more. Tickets on-sale now!
Recently hailed by Pitchfork with a 9.3 for their 1991 classic Yerself Is Steam, Mercury Rev has been revered for their experimental artistry and challenging the status quo throughout their career. The new collection is a glistening psych-jazz-folk-baroque-ambient quest highlighting the band’s sophisticated instrumentation, met with heroic indie rock chops and offering a fresh new poetic perspective.
Born Horses is vocally inspired by the spirits of art minimalist Tony Conrad (LaMonte Young’s Dream Syndicate w/ John Cale and a close friend to The Velvet Underground) and beat poet Robert Creeley (one of the most influential American poets of the 20th century and an associate of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and the Black Mountain poets), acolytes of progressive thought and action who both taught at the University at Buffalo, the city where the band was formed.
2/24: Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theater *
2/25: Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou's *
2/26: Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios *
2/28: San Francisco, CA @ Noise Pop Festival / Rickshaw Stop *
3/1: Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon *
3/2: Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy and Harriet’s *
3/4: San Diego, CA @ The Casbah *
4/11: Kingston, NY @ Assembly % +
4/12: Brooklyn, NY @ National Sawdust # *
4/13: Washington, DC @ The Atlantis #
4/15: Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle *
4/16: Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's #
4/17: Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall #
4/18: Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Outremont ^
4/19: Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall #
4/22: Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle #
4/25: Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom # +
* Liz Lamare
# Ryley Walker
+ Wild Pink
% Hannah Cohen
^ Elephant Stone
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