See You On the Other Side

One of the finest and most consistently creative rock bands around, Mercury Rev meld '60s psychedelia, indie aggression, folk/pop melodicism, and epic sonic experimentation on the order of My Bloody Valentine to achieve a singular, deliciously satisfying, and endlessly engaging hybrid. SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE finds the band in characteristically inventive form. (kompletten Text anzeigen)

Mercury Rev can do it all, their music combining a dose of Pink Floyd's kookiness with SGT. PEPPER-esque carnival embellishment, pure confectionery pop, punk energy, and splashes of avant-garde colour. SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE, the group's third album, encompasses rock & roll nirvana ("Young Man's Stride"), acid-dipped cartoon pop ("Everlasting Arm"), space-age slacker anthems ("Racing The Tide"), techno-tinged dance grooves ("Close Encounters of the 3rd Grade"), and blues that sound like music made by asylum inmates ("Peaceful Night"). This is exploratory pop music of the finest sort.

Spin (9/95, pp.111-112)
- 7 - Flawed Yet Worthy - "Optimism, in music, is a tricky proposition....one must swerve past the danger zones of `jaunty' and `upful' in order to hit the right note of joy. Mercury Rev always pulls it off....[SEE YOU] often recalls such flower-power minor legends as Beacon Street Union...or indeed the legendary Love. But acid rock is one of many sources..."

Option (1-2/96, p.102)
- "...a tilt-a-wirl that falls somewhere between Bevis Frond, Stereolab and '70s urban soul..."

Alternative Press (10/95, p.61)
- "...imagine Brian Wilson at his creative zenith collaborating with Sly Stone at his narcotic popwise peak. Then multiply the results by a Dixieland jazz band on LSD led by Miles Davis. Add liberal doses of avant-f**k-off guitar blare and melodies Hank Mancini would die for were he still alive..."