Track Listings (11) - Disc #1| All Artists: Mercury Rev Title: Deserters Songs Members Wishing: 2 Total Copies: 0 Label: V2 Uk/Zoom Original Release Date: 1/1/2008 Re-Release Date: 7/4/2006 Album Type: Import Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock Style: Indie & Lo-Fi Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 |
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A touching, majestic gem of a record, DESERTER'S SONGS raises the bar not just for Mercury Rev themselves, but orchestrated pop in general. There's a timelessness to both the compositions and the arrangements here. Grand s... more » |
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Album Description A touching, majestic gem of a record, DESERTER'S SONGS raises the bar not just for Mercury Rev themselves, but orchestrated pop in general. There's a timelessness to both the compositions and the arrangements here. Grand sonic visions are realised with horns, keyboards, strings, even a bowed saw! No matter how big the sound gets, though, it's all carefully controlled, and the cinematic scope enhances the songs, rather than obscuring them. Simple--but never blunt--lyrics benefit from an infectious melodicism that speaks to the pop songcraft skills Mercury Rev has mastered. The sweeping scale of DESERTER'S SONGS never denies the small, intimate pleasures that pop up from song to song, as the band combines psychedelia, '60s pop, Flaming Lips-ish indie rock and a homey folk-rock sound (the Band's Garth Hudson and Levon Helm even appear here) for a masterpiece of epic proportions. V2. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsGive it a chance... or you'll be sorry E. W. Strubel | FW, Indiana USA | 04/16/2005 (5 out of 5 stars) "The 1st time that I listened to Deserter's Song I thought "What the &*## is this?". My Wife, who I figured would hate it because of the unusual, even shaky, vocals walks in 3 days later and says, "That Mercury Rev albumn is great!". Again I am thinking "What the &*##?". I Gave it another try and fell in love with it. I have been a huge Sparklehorse fan for years and if I had to squeeze Mercury Rev into the same genra. Deserter's song is very quickly rising to the top of my all time albumns and is definately worth a listen and then another and another and another..." Broadway filtered through a Tettix Wave Accumulator (patent YellowNote | 10/05/2007 (5 out of 5 stars) "Pretty much every minute detail that can be said about this album has been previously posted, so I will say this for those already familiar with Mercury Rev but have not heard this album:
Deserter's Songs is what happens when you ask Mercury Rev to compose a soundtrack to a Broadway musical. Its use of a full band and strings, odd studio trickery, bowed saws, and epic and sometimes gratuitous, melodramatic moments create a whimsical, musical journey. From the noirish "Holes" which starts the album to the chipper closer, "Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp," you can almost picture the red curtain going down while Mercury Rev waves goodbye on stage. This sort of sound may or may not appeal to fans of older Mercury Rev. To me, its just another progression in Mercury Rev's ever-changing personnel and it sounds wonderful. For maximum aural satisfaction, however, I suggest listening to this album all the way through, as this is a concept album, and its effect would be greatly undermined by selecting random tracks." |
