Psych rockers Mercury Rev are back with the announcement of a new album, Horses bornand the release of their lead single, “Patterns.”
Due September 6th via Bella Union, Horses born It will be the band's first new original album since 2015. The light in you. Speaking about the album's origins, the band's Grasshopper explained that they were inspired by a certain feeling of nostalgia. “When Jonathan [Donahue] and I met, one thing that brought us together was Bounty hunter“, he said. “Both Ridley Scott's film and Vangelis' soundtrack: that sense of the past and the future, the haunting atmosphere of film noir and the romance of the future… Horses born take advantage of some of that.”
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Grasshopper cited other influences, from “Broadway tunes to lonely blues, Chet Baker, Miles Davis Sketches Of Spain, records that our parents listened to” and more, but he emphasized that Mercury Rev “gave a twist to the future.” For his part, Donahue praised the mutual understanding of the musicians who played on the album, saying: “We have celebrated this tacit trust in the 'statue that is already inside the marble.' We did not do Horses born throwing clay on clay; we allowed Time to reveal what he was always there.”
To that end, the album's lead single, “Patterns,” touches on the theme of time, with spoken lyrics that reflect on the myriad of patterns that make up our lives. Speaking about the single, the band said: “When we look at the stars in the sky at night, the flashing lights seem random. If we could zoom out and see all the galaxies revolving around each other, we would see order in them. There are only Patterns on top of Patterns…”
Check out the new “Patterns” viewer and see for yourself Horses born' artwork and track listing below.
Mercury Rev will then hit the road for tours in Australia and Europe, starting in August and running through 2025. Get tickets here.
Horses born Artwork:
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Horses born Songs list:
01. Mood swings
02. Old Love
03. Your Hammer, My Heart
04. Patterns
05. A bird without direction
06. Horses born
07. Everything I thought I had lost
08. There has always been a bird in me
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