Saturday 28 February 2015

Mercury Rev All Is Dream


Mercury Rev All Is Dream

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Moody, majestic, and unpredictable, All Is Dream plays like Deserter's Songs' evil twin, polarizing that album's gently trippy, symphonic pop into paranoid and exuberant extremes that range from the eerie lullaby "Lincoln's Eyes" to the giddy show-tune-in-search-of-a-musical "A Drop in Time." Starting with the symphonic grandeur of "The Dark Is Rising," the album's ambitious, self-indulgent vibe recalls '60s and '70s psych and prog rock concept albums as well as the band's own expansive body of work. The first half of All Is Dream journeys through the band's dark side with songs like the brooding "Tides of the Moon," which pits Jonathan Donahue's spooked, singsong vocals against appropriately unearthly theremins, glockenspiels, and organs, while the second half's "Nite and Fog" and "Little Rhymes" sound twice as sunny compared to the preceding weirdness. The contrast between the album's halves is so sharp that it seems designed for vinyl; flipping this record over would be immensely satisfying. Though nothing on All Is Dream is as immediate as Deserter's Songs' "Goddess on a Hiway" or "Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp," this album may be stronger as a whole, moving gracefully from singer/songwriter ballads like the beautiful "Spiders and Flies" to guitar-driven epics like "You're My Queen" and "Hercules." An unfashionably self-indulgent and earnest album, All Is Dream certainly isn't for everyone, and may not even be for some Mercury Rev fans, but in its own personal, insular way, it's another triumph for the band.

8 comments:

Iano1 said...

Would you believe I have mercury rev lined up for the next two days!!

Anonymous said...

"Derserter's songs" Deluxe?? Thanks!! Mike the mechanic

Aid00 said...

Hello Mike Here's Mercury Rev ‎Deserter's Songs Deluxe Edition
http://www103.zippyshare.com/v/MyVWbN9K/file.html

And Deserter's Songs Instrumental
http://www103.zippyshare.com/v/6BaApn9i/file.html

gym said...

FYI, links are dead for Deserter's Songs Instrumental and the big post All Is Dream. Thanks for sharing!

Aid00 said...

Hello gym New Link Up & Running & Here's Deserter's Songs Instrumental

http://www38.zippyshare.com/v/Kyl6i24g/file.html

gym said...

Thank you!!

Jorge Rogerio said...

Please ... it is possible to put Mercury Rev All Is Dream 4CD Deluxe Edition and OMD Souvenir box set on another server type Sendspace, Zippyshare, Mega or another easier than the filefactory, as it falls off the network easily. I tried this request on CBox and there was no space, so I ask here. Thanks.

Aid00 said...

Hello Jorge Rogerio Here's OMD & Mercury Rev Links https://textuploader.com/16077

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