{"product_id":"upper-wilds-mercury-compact-discs","title":"Upper Wilds: Mercury - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMercury\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eUpper Wilds\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eThrill Jockey\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e790377065923\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eRock\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2026-08-28\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eAdditional Details: \u003c\/b\u003eDIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Stargazing Brooklyn noise-rock cosmonauts Upper Wilds - the power-trio led by Parts \u0026amp; Labor co-founder Dan Friel - return with another set of lean anthems filtered through a flamethrower. Their speediest, most explosive album yet, Mercury, is a meditation on death, with Friel expounding on his brush with skin cancer, climate change, funerals, Henry Kissinger, and a world seemingly on fire. Buoyed by recent tours with acts like Pelican, Uniform, Psychic Graveyard and Savak, the trio's increased speed is met with a precision that gives every hairpin turn more wallop.Mercury's molten, non-stop riffing is captured with grit and punch by engineer Travis Harrison (Guided By Voices, The Men) and is bolstered by longtime collaborator\/saxophonist and fellow-New York mainstay Jeff Tobias (Sunwatchers) and vocalist Erin Dawson of LA-based experimental black metal band Genital Shame. Jason Binnick's basslines shine brighter than before dancing in tandem with Friel's guitar licks on \"Death Song #3\" and bringing equal parts melody and thunderous weight to \"Green-Wood Cemetery.\" Jeff Ottenbacher's drumming oscillates between machine gun fills and sledge hammer pounding, giving each riff more momentum and bite.Upper Wilds' space-rock adventures through their recent albums Mars, Venus, \u0026amp; Jupiter came replete with stories of the heavens and humanity alike. On this fourth installment, the closest planet to the sun, things take a darker turn. The small, barren planet Mercury was named after the gods' speedy messenger and guide to the underworld, and the album syphons Upper Wilds' fuzz-pop aesthetics into concise, scorched anthems about the brevity and fragility of life with the ferocity of a band playing on the edge of extinction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Mercury \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Fever \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Death Song #3 \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Burning Bright \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Reaper \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Green-Wood Cemetery \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Timekeeper \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Dark Road \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Hellfire \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Dying Star\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Upper Wilds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43087079735367,"sku":"46336620","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/4519774-3627349.jpg?v=1786618120","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/upper-wilds-mercury-compact-discs","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}