Boces

Reissue of Mercury Rev’s 1993 album Boces. Boces has been newly remastered by Henry Rudkins at Air Studios and is available on black vinyl and CD.

Hailing from Buffalo, New York, Mercury Rev are one of the US’s most well-respected bands, always experimenting and continually reinventing. The Guardian called them “a rarity in indie rock: a band who have continually evolved their sound, pushing at the boundaries of what rock music actually means... borrowing from jazz, funk, doo-wop, techno, folk and more along the way.”

Boces is an important record in their discography, a grand and epic part of their story. The songs came from the whole band, and the recording process really allowed everyone’s freak flags to fly, partly thanks to their first major label recording budget. The opening 10-minute epic “Meth of a Rockette’s Kick” lets you know this album will be like nothing you’ve heard before.