Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight
Release: Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight
- Datum: 07.09.2008
Inhaltsangabe
1. Snowflake in a Hot World
2. Butterfly's Wing
3. Senses on Fire
4. People Are So Unpredictable
5. October Sunshine
6. Runaway Raindrop
7. Dream of a Young Girl as a Flower
8. Faraway from Cars
9. Squirrel and I (Holding on...and Then Letting Go)
- Genre: Rock
- Qualität: 192 kbit/s
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HinweiseGenre : Alternative Rock
Country : USA
Year : 2008
It’s hard to get through a Mercury Rev review without coming across certain words – dream-like, whimsical, fanciful… every word that can convey delicate beauty of the band’s meandering psychedelica is almost destined to crop up. After18 years, you’d have thought the writers of the world could have come up with something different to say, but in reality Rev’s sound is so indescribable that nothing else will suffice. That’s not to say their music is not varied – the early chaos of Boces has led to more ethereal pastures – but its underlying qualities remain the same. These psychadelic trips can be both good and bad, happy and disturbing, but the fundamental chemicals stay the same.
To follow up the disappointing The Secret Migration, the band have termed the kaleidoscope towards nature - Snowflake Midnight (released Sept 29th) is not quite a concept album, but it proclaimed to be as multi-faceted, as symmetrical and as paradoxical as a snowflake. Opening track Snowflake in a Hot World makes this link explicit, as a disembodied voice imparts advice to the unique and delicate flake as shimmering melodies melt into harsh, splintering beats. The chorus soars and collapses into a cataclysm, the ever-changing spirit of the song impossible to grasp. And of course, once you do get hold of it, it dissipates into nothingness.
People are So Unpredictable turns its attention to more human endeavours, however musically it is less accomplished. Initially the pondering synths and simplistic lyrics evoke images of bad MOR, before the bridge takes an unexpected, and unimpressive, Pet Shop Boys-esque direction. The occasional heavy breathing just adds to the confusion, and the clattering climax is sustained for too long for it to be effective. As a piano and feedback combo drag you towards the end of this 6-minute odyssey, it’s hard to tell what you’ve just witnessed, and even harder to tell if you want to figure out what it was. Far from being dreamlike, this track is like struggling to recall a repressed memory.
More coherent, and more pleasurable, sonic treats our found on the slow building Senses of Fire. Rising through the patter of raindrops and cicadas to a canopy of minimalistic layering, you emerge to a breathtaking view across the musical rainforest. The title is endlessly repeated, a reassuring handrail as rushing synths take your breath away. The entire thing comes together in an affirming cacophony, before escaping, darting out of earshot is less than 4 minutes.
In many ways Snowflake Midnight takes a predictable place in Mercury Rev’s canon. It fits nicely in their slide from cult heroes to the mainstream; it’s easy to get into, lacks their early aggression, and would struggle to alienate anybody. Like its predecessor, at times it verges too much towards adult contemporary, and its not hard to imagine it coming through the speakers of your local garden centre. That said, it is not without its moments of brilliance – the highlights are well constructed and give the ephemeral thrill fans would expect from the band. It’s just a shame that there aren’t enough highlights to lift the record above the ordinary.
Country : USA
Year : 2008
It’s hard to get through a Mercury Rev review without coming across certain words – dream-like, whimsical, fanciful… every word that can convey delicate beauty of the band’s meandering psychedelica is almost destined to crop up. After18 years, you’d have thought the writers of the world could have come up with something different to say, but in reality Rev’s sound is so indescribable that nothing else will suffice. That’s not to say their music is not varied – the early chaos of Boces has led to more ethereal pastures – but its underlying qualities remain the same. These psychadelic trips can be both good and bad, happy and disturbing, but the fundamental chemicals stay the same.
To follow up the disappointing The Secret Migration, the band have termed the kaleidoscope towards nature - Snowflake Midnight (released Sept 29th) is not quite a concept album, but it proclaimed to be as multi-faceted, as symmetrical and as paradoxical as a snowflake. Opening track Snowflake in a Hot World makes this link explicit, as a disembodied voice imparts advice to the unique and delicate flake as shimmering melodies melt into harsh, splintering beats. The chorus soars and collapses into a cataclysm, the ever-changing spirit of the song impossible to grasp. And of course, once you do get hold of it, it dissipates into nothingness.
People are So Unpredictable turns its attention to more human endeavours, however musically it is less accomplished. Initially the pondering synths and simplistic lyrics evoke images of bad MOR, before the bridge takes an unexpected, and unimpressive, Pet Shop Boys-esque direction. The occasional heavy breathing just adds to the confusion, and the clattering climax is sustained for too long for it to be effective. As a piano and feedback combo drag you towards the end of this 6-minute odyssey, it’s hard to tell what you’ve just witnessed, and even harder to tell if you want to figure out what it was. Far from being dreamlike, this track is like struggling to recall a repressed memory.
More coherent, and more pleasurable, sonic treats our found on the slow building Senses of Fire. Rising through the patter of raindrops and cicadas to a canopy of minimalistic layering, you emerge to a breathtaking view across the musical rainforest. The title is endlessly repeated, a reassuring handrail as rushing synths take your breath away. The entire thing comes together in an affirming cacophony, before escaping, darting out of earshot is less than 4 minutes.
In many ways Snowflake Midnight takes a predictable place in Mercury Rev’s canon. It fits nicely in their slide from cult heroes to the mainstream; it’s easy to get into, lacks their early aggression, and would struggle to alienate anybody. Like its predecessor, at times it verges too much towards adult contemporary, and its not hard to imagine it coming through the speakers of your local garden centre. That said, it is not without its moments of brilliance – the highlights are well constructed and give the ephemeral thrill fans would expect from the band. It’s just a shame that there aren’t enough highlights to lift the record above the ordinary.
