Mercury Revved Up, Raring To Go

Psychedelic eccentrics Mercury Rev have lined up two new albums for September release. Snowflake Midnight will be the follow-up proper to their last studio album, 2005’s The Secret Migration. It will be available from September 29. The same day they’ll release Strange Attractor as a free download for members of the band’s mailing list. It is being reported that both records will see the band trade their previous orchestral sound to a more electronic footing. Fans will be able to savour these new offerings in the live environment as the psych cadets bring their cosmic tunefulness to a number of Irish venues in late 2008.

Irish dates in full:

Cypress Avenue, Cork, 31 Oct

Roisin Dubh, Galway, 1 Nov

Vicar St, Dublin, 2 Nov

Mandela Hall, Belfast, 4 Nov

Issue #48 - O RLY?

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