Mercurial Rage - Mercurial Rage
Artist.....: Mercurial Rage
Title......: Mercurial Rage
Label......: mpls ltd
Store Date.: Jun-07-2008
Genre......: New Wave
Encoder....: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Size.......: 34,4 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Give It Up 03:56
02 - Moonlight 04:00
03 - Situation 03:42
04 - Out Of Control 04:09
05 - Star Star (Dalida Starfucker Mix) 05:11
06 - Soldier Boy (Friendly Fire Mix) 05:30
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26:28 min
Release Notes:
http://www.mercurialrage.com
http://www.myspace.com/mercurialrage
http://www.mplsltd.com
There are times when you miss the music you used to listen to --
dark, lonesome nights when the beer's been flowing, and you get
that feeling in the middle of your gut that feels kind of like
nostalgia and kind of like ache, and you go for the back of your
record collection where the stuff you played back in high school
lives, and you blow the dust off that disused record way in the
back that you used to play every day when that one girl or that
one boy broke up with you, and you grin and put it on and there's
that *feeling*, y'know? That feeling that you've been here before
but not *quite* deja vu, right? And you fall in love with that
record all over again, and suddenly its all about *right now*
rather than the past, and the thread is created between the two.
That's Mercurial Rage, right there -- that gorgeous ache, that
mixture of pleasure and longing. Songwriter Christopher Church
writes songs that remind you of things, sometimes, but its more
just the impression of things, and its always things you miss and
wonder how you lived without them for so long. And lead singer
Michael DiGreggario is a rock star of the old school, back before
it became uncool to be a rock star and it became all about staring
at your shoes and not trying hard enough, and he does the Jagger
thing where he injects passion and cool into everything he sings.
Butch McQueen is an amazing guitarist too, and he knows his way
around a Roxy Music record, and every note he plays is just
perfectly considered, not a thing that's nonsense, nothing making
no sense, all right. Brock Landers adds in texture, feeling,
melody, hooks, threads, everything else and the kitchen sink, and
back in time for tea.
Their self-titled new record sounds like the Greatest Hits of a
band that's been around far longer than it has. My favorite song
is "Moonlight" which sounds like some new kind of soul music,
combining the grit of "Exile On Main Street" with the cool
calculation of Depeche Mode's midperiod work. Dig the guitars on
"Situation," the way they slash and burn like a pissed off Andy
Taylor or, if one is being generous (as one should be) Phil
Manzanera. "Give It Up" fairly boils; a sexy, propulsive little
number with a synth rhythm that kicks your ass. And live favorite
"Out Of Control" sounds full of life and energy, and DiGreggario
sounds like he'd like to take you home, pronto, and have his way
with you. Oh yeah -- two great remixes of stuff from the last
album, including the terrific "Star Star" and a magnificent
"Soldier Boy."(www.cdbaby.com)