Mercury Revved Up, Raring To Go

Two new albums and tour in the offing

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

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