The Mercury Program – Chez Viking
The very first post I ever did on the ISO50 blog was of The Mercury Program, just one of those bands that I feel like I can play for anyone and they’ll fall in love with at least one song. I admire that this record stayed on pace with their previous albums, you know lush key work and light on the feet yet a wave of feel good energy popping up now and again, a perfect record to listen to for a Monday morning.
The Mercury Program: If you’re out there contact me[jakub *t iso50 d*t com] I want you to do a Tycho cover for his LP or if you want to play in Brooklyn, NY.
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November 29th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
YES. thank you for posting new Mercury Program.
November 29th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
nice sharing
November 29th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
LOVE The Mercury program. The new stuff sounds great, they’ve definetly progressed.
November 30th, 2009 at 12:41 am
Good stuff Jakub !
Do you remeber a song from john cooper clarke!? It was a mix, great btw.
Can you tell me the name?
Thank you.
November 30th, 2009 at 1:06 am
Indeed, great for a monday morning. Thanks for sharing
November 30th, 2009 at 2:23 am
Wow, that is some really cool sh** right there. That first track sounds a bit like The Photographic.
November 30th, 2009 at 6:20 am
Woah, this stuff is great. I wasn’t around for the first post, so this is the first time hearing them.
Might have to track down that album…
November 30th, 2009 at 7:31 am
Hey Jakub,
Tom from the Mercury Program here. Thanks a lot for the post.
I’m a big ISO50/ Tycho fan, and am lurking around here pretty much daily.
I’ll contact you directly to discuss some of the other things you mentioned.
Artwork:
Somewhere along the way the cover art got a weird conversion – (looks like a browser rendering of a CMYK file). Since most/all of you who read this blog are a bit more discerning than the average bear – here’s a link to a version that is a little closer to correct.
http://www.me...hezcover.jpg
Thanks again – I hope you all enjoy the record.
P.S. Thanks for the heads up Marc.
November 30th, 2009 at 7:56 am
Ok, I’m sold, album purchased.
November 30th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
they sound a lot like the spots, from birmingham. entirely improv.
myspace.com/thebirminghamspots
November 30th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
This is tops! Reminds me a bit of The Cinematic Orchestra.
December 1st, 2009 at 8:53 am
TMP is such a great band. Surprised there are so many newcomers to them, but who cares—they deserve all the attention. Class act fellows as well.
December 1st, 2009 at 11:45 pm
I really liked the percussion on Stand and Sing. This is my first time listening to The Mercury Program and it’s nice. I like it. Fluorescent Laces reminds me of a funky sounding Pachuca Sunrise by Minus the Bear.
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Mercury Program is one of Florida’s most amazing bands. When they released their last record a friend of mine and I followed them around the state cause we thought it was going to be their last tour. Let me tell you one of the best moves of my life. I also can’t wait to get my hands on this new record. I know it will be a destroyer.
December 3rd, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Ah, great stuff. I swear I’m challenged in some way when it comes to finding good mellow music for mellow times, this is exactly what I need.
Keep doing it the way you’re doing it now.
December 4th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
this album ‘gets’ me.