{"product_id":"upper-wilds-mercury-indie-exclusive-metallic-silver-vinyl","title":"Upper Wilds - (PRESALE 8\/28\/26) Mercury (IEX METALLIC SILVER VINYL LP) | NEW","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHIPS BY 08\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nArtist: Upper Wilds\u003cbr\u003e\r\nTitle: Mercury\u003cbr\u003e\r\nGenre: Rock\u003cbr\u003e\r\nLabel: Thrill Jockey Records\u003cbr\u003e\r\nStargazing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMercury’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.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nUpper 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: NEW\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternal ID: 790377065916\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: ALT\/INDIE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel: Thrill Jockey Records\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCatalog Number: LP-THRILL-659IE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Type: LP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 08\/28\/2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Upper Wilds","offers":[{"title":"- ALT\/INDIE *NEW\/COLOR*","offer_id":58202170982783,"sku":"6OEBNS-DY7B-DJ","price":10.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0976\/0525\/5551\/files\/alt-indie-new-color_1Fj62_dd74223f-2d56-4474-a03c-97b7e567968b.jpg?v=1787049729","url":"https:\/\/thevinyltable.com\/products\/upper-wilds-mercury-indie-exclusive-metallic-silver-vinyl","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}