MERCURY REV Yerself Is Steam Original UK Coloured Vinyl LP Indie Psych Shoegaze

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MERCURY REV

Yerself Is Steam

Original UK Coloured Vinyl LP released on Mint Films Records in 1991.

MINT-LP-4-A2   LIKE ABOUT NOW  I FEEL LIKE A DROP   PAULS'
MINT-LP-4-B2    PUSHED OUT YER SYRINGE MOUTH

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 Mercury Rev's 1991 debut, with its atmosphere of spontaneity and its loose contemporary updating of psychedelia, in which melody and noise competed for attention, belied the fact that it supposedly took three years to create. Nevertheless, despite its inconsistencies and lapses into self-indulgence, this was the sound of a band resolutely striving for originality: the addition of flute and woodwind to the bass, guitars and drums gave an occasional hint of dreamy 60's folk without seeming derivative or nostalgic, and without detracting from the record's nod to the sonic experimentation of the likes of Sonic Youth (as on "Syringe Mouth"). At times frustrating and wilfully chaotic, occasionally genuinely inventive and tunefully inspired, Yerself Is Steam manages to exert a long-lasting appeal that deserves revisiting. --Burhan Tufail

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While somewhat more based in the feel and forms of "rock" than Mercury Rev's subsequent releases, the band's 1992 debut is still nothing less than a gem of late-20th century psychedelic pop innovation. The kooky, expansive opener, "Chasing A Bee", which infuses an ironic, slow motion dream narrative with excruciatingly beautiful squalls of guitar noise, gives voice to the band's epic, utterly unique sonic project.

What follows is a breakneck visitation of punk aggression, folk/pop melodicism, VU-inspired drone explorations, quirky cartoon nightmares and shimmering, never-ending waves of echo and chorus-drenched guitars, feedback and generally blissful noise designed to elevate brains. YERSELF IS STEAM is the first in Mercury Rev's astonishingly impressive string of records, and merits the attention of both newcomers and fans of the group's later work.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Chasing A Bee
Syringe Mouth
Coney Island Cyclone
Blue And Black
Sweet Oddysee Of A Cancer Cell T' Th' Center Of Yer Heart

Side Two

Frittering
Continuous Trucks And Thunder Under A Mother's Smile
Very Sleepy Rivers

Released on 'Mint Films Records' in 1991

Catalogue No. MINT LP 4

Disc is in EX+ condition

Sleeve is in EX condition (sticker mark on front)

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