Mercury Rev - Sense On Fire

Mercury Rev have always blazed their own quietly unconventional trail across the indie landscape.

But on this first single release from their seventh album, they step away from traditional song structures altogether to create a pulsating ambient track. It builds from a swirling intro of shimmering electronics and beats, while distorted, reverberating vocals chant the stoned mantra of the title. Suddenly a voice cries “ready or not here I come” and the song explodes like a firework for a brief and sparkling blast of feedback soaked psychedelic rock. Like Spacemen 3 with better production though 15 years late.