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January 8, 1999

Mercury Rev Get Some Self Esteem

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January 7, 1999

See You On the Other Side

Grasshopper explains how Mercury Rev got some self-esteem

The Secret Migration

The timing is excellent for Mercury Rev to make one of their best albums yet. Since the release of this Catskills-based group's 2001 album All Is Dream, friends and kindred souls like the Flaming Lips and Grandaddy have nurtured growing interest in glistening, spacey tunes tied to mischievous art...

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Blending alumni of the Flaming Lips and disciples of Velvet Underground crony Tony Conrad, Mercury Rev revved up art-punk engines on Yerself Is Steam. It's one of the freshest -- and weirdest -- debut albums of the '90s: A vocalist murmurs non sequiturs, flutes flutter, jarring sound effects intrude and fade, and three heavily distorted guitars whirl and plink. On "Chasing a Bee," white-noise...

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