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Oct 2, 2015As The Light in You's title implies, Mercury Rev are seeking life's brightest moments, and they find them--along with some of their most satisfying music in many years.
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Sep 28, 2015Elegance and delicacy seem to be the intended effect, as well as intelligence, both innate and hard-won with time.
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Sep 28, 2015It’s not a reinvention, but Mercury Rev did their experimentation on their earlier records. Here they just get on with the job of sounding like nobody else, which suits them very nicely indeed.
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Sep 17, 2015It sounds as if music has rescued Mercury Rev.
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The WireSep 1, 2015The Light In You is palpably charged with love of music and gratitude for its redemptive powers. [Sep 2015, p.48]
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Aug 26, 2015The album is clearly painstakingly and expertly crafted, yet still sounds effortless. [Aug-Sep 2015, p.64]
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Q MagazineAug 26, 2015Core members Jonathan Donahue and Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak render sadness in twinkling matinee orchestrations, Central Park East or Coming Up For Air sounding pillowy, expansive, there to cushion a fall. [Oct 2015, p.111]
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Oct 12, 2015Whilst nothing on The Light Of You is quite as sumptuous or ornate as the best moments on Deserter’s Songs, it does demonstrate that Mercury Rev are a band still able to engage the senses.
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Oct 1, 2015As The Light in You’s dichotomous halves prove, Mercury Rev are much better at being trippy than being groovy.
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Oct 1, 2015Occasionally they over-indulge, and it’s certainly not their best LP, but it's easy to forgive them given the obvious love that’s contained within the tracks here.
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MagnetSep 22, 2015Not everything kills, but when the band's "psychedelic rock and blue-eyed soul" finds its groove, it's still a breathless wonder to behold. [No. 124, p.61]
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Sep 16, 2015Mercury Rev may still sound like themselves and only themselves, but that sound has now been sharpened to a very fine optimistic point--and all points can still slice an edge.
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Sep 14, 2015While it's lovely to have them back, this album is more of a pleasant addition to the Mercury Rev catalogue than a defining moment.
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UncutAug 26, 2015While the sugary highs could give Van Dyke Parks an ice cream headache, it's hard to resist a work so clearly besotted with the power of music. [Oct 2015, p.78]
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