Boces by Mercury Rev

ooh cool!

would have YIS a few notches ahead of it now, but fuck me what a formative experience this record was

“'Trickle Down' was me trying to express what it was to be nervous.”

aye. might be my favourite track nowadays

I was thinking about doing a Pixies vs Mercury Rev poll a few weeks back but didn't have the time. I do think however that YIS/Boces might be a better one-two punch than SR/Doolittle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPQp_7U_4KQ

the band live at Phoenix, chemically enhanced?

It's on my Patreon -- and subscriber-only -- but I've just put up a transcription of an interview I did with Jonathan Donahue back after Boces was first released.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/31541916

Think its pretty great ap0art from Girlfren.
1st lp by an active band as opposed to a bunch of individuals coming in to record over each other at different times.
& I do love the general sound, I think the Caribou Vibration Ensemble touch on something similar on the live lp that came out with Swim.
Wish there was more of it.
& I need to make sure that my early live sets are still on a usable hard drive.

It's their best album imo. I love the unhinged creepiness of "Girlfren"

speakin of the cover art for boces… does anyone know where its from?

They never took down a Boces poster from the front window of my local record shop after it was released. Being about 12 at the time, always wondered what the hell it was, perhaps some kind of rave record