You can start by feeling old. It’s the 20th Anniversary of classic, mind-melting MERCURY REV album Boces. Then get excited. Why? Because Mercury Rev are recording again.
Been chatting a lot recently with Mercury Rev’s Grasshopper. He’s excited (particularly about his mandolin, seen here), I’m excited. You should be excited, too.
The band have returned to the studio - well, studios, really, and are recording right now as I type. EXCITING!
“Recording at [Rev member Dave] Fridmann’s Tarbox Studio (near Buffalo) and also in the Catskills at our own studio and at Anthony Molina’s studio [White Light Studio]” says Grasshopper, though he’s not sure when the album will be out. “We are working at a nice clip! Maybe spring? Great new tunes! I’m as excited as a fox in a henhouse! Goosebumps…”
“Here’s a sample” of the songs, he said, and sent me this:
Ooooh I love that song! SO EXCITED. Are you excited? \m/