Blog: Idolator

Pity bands who can't think up a novel ways to excite fans with new releases, especially when their music hasn't been successful in doing the job itself. Don't pity Mercury Rev, though, as those godfathers of saccharine indie grandeur are planning to release two albums at the end of September. One, Snowflake Midnight (sample tracks: "Runaway Raindrop," "Dream Of A Girl As A Young Flower") will be a regular release while the other, Strange Attractor (sample tracks: "Taken Up Into Clouds, Changed And Rained Down," "Persistence And The Apis Mellifera") will be available at no charge [...]