Upper Wilds :: Mercury

Dan Friel is having a summer, what with the surprise resurgence of aughts noise mainstays Parts & Labor and now a fourth album from guitar-centric, astronomy-centric Upper Wilds. Yet while the double disc Parts & Labor veered occasionally towards proggy excess Mercury runs a ferociously tight ship. It’s loud as fuck, but nothing’s wasted.

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