Mercury Rev Set LP Release Date, Tour UK

Cover art depicts apocalyptic scene in which Wayne Coyne bites a naked man's shoulder
Buffalo, New York's Mercury Rev have unveiled the tracklist for their fifth full-length, All Is Dream. The record, to be released September 11th on V2, is said to further explore the Rev's affection for orchestrated arrangements and desolate imagery. Legendary 70's producer Jack Niztsche was originally intended to man the boards, but rather than work with Jonathan Donahue, he died. (Ouch! Dude, we are such insensitive bastardos.) David Bowie producer Tony Visconti thereby took over production duties.

The group are also attempting to come to terms with the malapropos demise of the article "A" amongst their vocabulary and bassist Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak's close encounter with a vehement red-breasted robin in David Fridmann's vegetable garden last week. In the meantime, they're having their hand at the foreign festival circuit, emitting various sine wave combinations across Japan, Belgium and the United Kingdom. Forgive us, Jack, wherever you are. We could not resist! Tracklist:

01 The Dark is Rising
02 Tides of the Moon
03 Chains
04 Lincoln's Eyes
05 Nite and Fog
06 Little Rhymes
07 A Drop in Time
08 You're My Queen
09 Spiders + Flies
10 Hercules

Dates:
08-18 Osaka, Japan Osaka - Summer Sonic Festival
08-19 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo - Summer Sonic Festival
08-23 Hasselt-Kiewit, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival
08-24 Leeds, England - Carling Weekend Reading & Leeds Festival
08-25 Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow Green Festival
08-26 Reading, England - Carling Weekend Reading & Leeds Festival

Posted by Michael Ulrich on Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 12:00am