Snowflake Midnight

Infobox Album |
Name = Snowflake Midnight
Strange Attractor
Type = Album
Artist = Mercury Rev


Released = September 29, 2008
Recorded = Catskill Mountains
Genre = Alternative rock, Electronica
Length = 41:29
Label = V2 Records
Yep Roc Records
Producer = Dave Fridmann, Mercury Rev
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f9fuxztkld0e link]
* Culturedeluxe (7/10) [http://www.culturedeluxe.com/news_item.asp?id=4926 link]
*The Guardian Rating|5|5 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/26/popandrock8 link]
*The Independent Rating|5|5 [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-mercury-rev-snowflake-midnight-v2-943387.html link]
* The Music Magazine (8/10) [http://www.themusicmagazine.co.uk/featured/mercury-rev-snowflake-midnight link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.3/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/145917-mercury-rev-snowflake-midnight link]
*Planet Sound (5/10)
* Twisted Ear Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.twistedear.com/index.php/Albums/Mercury-Rev-Snowflake-Midnight.html link]
Last album = "The Secret Migration"
(2005)
This album = "Snowflake Midnight"
(2008)
Next album =

"Snowflake Midnight" is the seventh studio album from Mercury Rev. It was released on September 29, 2008 in the UK, and September 30 in the US [ [http://www.yeproc.com/news.php?articleId=5384 Yep Roc Records] ] , but was leaked to many file-sharing Torrent websites as early as July 17. The album's release coincides with tour dates in the UK and Europe, which can be found listed on the band's MySpace page [http://www.myspace.com/mercuryrevmusic link] .

From the band's website:

The album was Album of the Week at ClashMusic.com on its week of release. [http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/mercury-rev-snowflake-midnight] ]

Made available on the same day from the band's website is the "companion" album "Strange Attractor". This eleven-track instrumental album was given away free as an MP3 download. The vinyl edition of "Snowflake Midnight" contains the complete "Strange Attractor" album as a free bonus LP.

"Snowflake Midnight"

Track listing

# "Snowflake in a Hot World" - 3:58
# "Butterfly's Wings" - 4:06
# "Senses on Fire" - 3:30
# "People are So Unpredictable (There's No Bliss Like Home)" - 6:40
# "October Sunshine" - 2:12
# "Runaway Raindrop" - 5:55
# "Dream of a Young Girl as a Flower" - 7:55
# "Faraway for Cars" - 3:19
# "A Squirrel and I (Holding On...and Then Letting Go)" - 3:54

ingles

* "Senses on Fire" (TBD 2008)
# "Senses on Fire" (Edit) - 3:28
# "Senses on Fire" (Fujiya & Miyagi Remix) - 5:26
# "Senses on Fire" (James Holden Remix) - 9:25

"Strange Attractor"

Track listing

# "Love Is Pure"
# "Taken Up into Clouds, Changed and Rained Down"
# "Pure Joie de la Solitude"
# "Persistence and the Apis Mellifera"
# "Fable of a Silver Moon"
# "Loop Lisse, Loop"
# "In My Heart, a Strange Attractor"
# "Incident on Abeel Street"
# "Af Den Fader Kommer Den Sol"
# "Because Because Because"
# "Nocturne for Norwood"

Personnel

* Jonathan Donahue
* Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak
* Dave Fridmann
* Jeff Mercel
* Carlos Anthony Molina

References