Mercury Rev - A Bird Of No Address

A Bird Of No Address - Mercury Rev (2024)

This is surprisingly almost very good. I mean it feels like it's gonna go interstellar at any minute but just kind of wimps out with some weak drumming that just doesn't coalesce into the great crescendo you were wishing for but its got hints of past genius in there and sounds a bit like it coulda been on See You On The Other Side (1995). Maybe it needs to be considered just low key not bad for a couple of old fellas. 

I'm still getting over the fact that they'll never be the same as David Baker era Mercury Rev but hey he only left the band thirty years ago. It's not like I didn't love post-Baker cds See You On The Other Side, Deserters Songs and half of All Is A Dream though. Two of my favourite early Mercury Rev tunes Blood On The Moon and Frittering were Johnathan and Grasshopper sans David songs anyway. 

Blood On The Moon - Mercury Rev (1990)

This was on the the bonus disc Lego My Ego which was included on a later 1992 version of the Yerself Is Steam cd. I think this is Grasshopper on lead vocals.

Frittering - Mercury Rev (1991)

Hang on, remember this classic! Frittering is an ecstatic blast of a tune. Reinventing the psychedelic space-rock jam for the 90s, Mercury Rev absolutely kill it here and it still sounds fucking great. The ravishing 5.17 moment when mind blowing lift off begins is well worth the wait. When euphoria was the goal and the possibilities seemed endless.