39. Boces -- Mercury Rev

Mojo Says: "Kosmic Katskills kombo unlearn the rules of rock music. Flutes are involved."

Album: Boces
Artist: Mercury Rev
Year: 1993
Length: 53'55"

Track Listing:

1. Meth Of A Rockette's Kick
2. Trickle Down
3. Bronx Cheer
4. Boys Peel Out
5. Downs Are Feminine Balloons
6. Something For Joey
7. Snorry Mouth
8. Hi-Speed Boats
9. Continuous Drunks And Blunders
10. Girlfren

Favorite Tracks:

1. Snorry Mouth
2. Boys Peel Out
3. Meth Of A Rockette's Kick
4. Hi-Speed Boats

Worst Tracks:
I'll cheat and say Continuous Drunks And Blunders.

Is it weird?:
Maybe it's the shock of this being the same band that recorded Deserter's Songs, but it's still pretty out-there.

Review:

6 years before Mercury Rev released the sublime pop perfection of Deserter's Songs, they put out this. I'm still trying to figure out how that's even possible. This somehow manages to be both noisy and beautiful (though it is not as good at this as, say, Loveless).

Many of these songs start out as sort of weird before ever-so-gradually sinking into the deep end. The best way I can describe this album is that it sounds like a more psychedelic and even denser version of Jesus & Mary Chain, especially Psychocandy.

This really is the perfect balance of music and noise, and it creates something that's challenging but that can also be catchy. In fact, the only major problem I have with the album is that the production leaves several songs sounding the same.

So yeah. Boces is cool.

Grade:

8/10

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