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Mercury Rev Announce The Light in You, First New Album Since 2008

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Mercury Rev Announce The Light in You, First New Album Since 2008

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Mercury Rev have announced The Light in You, the band’s first new album since 2008’s Snowflake Midnight. The album is out worldwide on September 18 via Bella Union. Listen to “The Queen of Swans” above, the first release from the album.

Frontman Jonathan Donahue addressed the gap between albums in a press release: “It was one of those otherworldly life sequences, when everything you think is solid turns molten, but also, when something is worth saying, it can take a long time to say it, rather than just blurt it out.”

On the title, Donahue said, “You can go as deep as you want with the title, on a metaphorical, spiritual level, or just poetic license. It’s the beacon that shines and allows us to see ourselves – and then there’s the music between Grasshopper and I, which is how we reflect each other. The arc of the album, lyrically, is someone who’s gone through an incredible period of turbulence, sadness and uncertainty, and as the album progresses, a light appears on the water.”

Mercury Rev are heading out on a European tour this fall. Find the dates and tracklisting for The Light in You below.

Here’s the album cover:

The Light in You:

01 The Queen of Swans
02 Amelie
03 You’ve Gone With So Little for So Long
04 Central Park East
05 Emotional Freefall
06 Coming Up for Air
07 Autumn’s in the Air
08 Are You Ready?
09 Sunflower
10 Moth Light
11 Rainy Day Record

Mercury Rev:

09-18 Tilburg, Netherlands – Incubate Festival
10-04 Leeds, England – Brudenell Social Club
10-05 Bristol, England – Trinity
11-06 Copenhagen, Denmark – DR Studio 2
11-08 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique Orangerie
11-09 Köln, Germany – Studio 672
11-11 Berlin,Germany – Postbahnhof
11-13 Zagreb, Croatia – Lauba
11-14 Ravenna, Italy – Bronson
11-15 Munich, Germany – Kranhalle
11-16 Paris, France – Alhambra
11-17 Brighton, England – Komedia
11-19 Gateshead, England – The Sage
11-20 Glasgow, Scotland – Art School
11-22 Dublin, Ireland – Button Factory
11-23 Manchester, England – RNCM
11-24 London, England – Oval Space

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