Since forming in 1989, Mercury Rev has made a career out of boldly
exploring the fringes of artistic perception, channeling colors and
sounds and visions that always seem just beyond our mortal reach. The
Guardian hailed the group as “a rarity in indie rock: a band who have
continually evolved their sound, pushing at the boundaries of what rock
music actually means over 25 years, borrowing from jazz, funk, doo-wop,
techno, folk and more along the way,” while Rolling Stone praised their
“majestic chaos,” and the BBC lauded their “shimmering psychedelic pop,
immersive indie-rock, [and] spectacularly engrossing passages of
sumptuous instrumentation.”

The band’s 1991 debut, ‘Yerself Is Steam,’
landed on Pitchfork’s rundown of the Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time,
and their 1998 breakthrough, ‘Deserter’s Songs,’ was named NME’s Album
of the Year upon its release. Major festival and television performances
around the world solidified their status as that rare group capable of
straddling the line between mainstream appeal and progressive musical
and technological experimentation, but the band’s journey was also a
tumultuous one, full of lineup changes, setbacks, and heartbreak.…