The Mercurial
The Mercurial EP
2008, unsigned (!)
punk rock, alt rock
½
Taking their cues from 90′s rock and 80′s hair metal, The Mercurial is sonically a crazy mix of juvenile idiocy, a vaudeville act, and rambunctious rock, while they’re lyrically pure fun. I could draw comparisons to HIM, Panic at the Disco (before they got boring), Metallica, The Ramones, Latin music, and even Michael Jackson, but they never follow either influence long enough to make the comparisons stick. But you’ll find all of that and more on this debut EP, which was produced by Michael Birnbaum and Chris Bittner (Coheed and Cambria, The Sleeping).
I’ll admit that their sound is an acquired taste, but it’s hard to find fault with a rock band that has the energy that rock has lost over the past decade or so. Have I mentioned lead singer Chris Sanchez’s absolutely AMAZING vocals yet? His range would put any classical singer to shame and his voice adds such a fresh take to the Mercurial’s ‘up yours’ attitude that you won’t forget them anytime soon. Hair metal evidently had it uses if it gave the world this.
“Sloth vs. Platypus,” “By Passing Us By,” “Music.”
myspace, last.fm
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