{"product_id":"upper-wilds-mercury-cd","title":"Upper Wilds - Mercury [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: CD, Deluxe mini gatefold package [w\/ download card]\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: CDTHRILL659\u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 790377065923\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 28 Aug 2026\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Rock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStargazing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMercury’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpper 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\n\u003cp\u003e1. Mercury | 2. Fever | 3. Death Song #3 | 4. Burning Bright | 5. Reaper | 6. Green-Wood Cemetery | 7. Timekeeper | 8. Dark Road | 9. Hellfire | 10. Dying Star\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thrill Jockey Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047886667932,"sku":"CDTHRILL659","price":13.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/cd_e7239f75-7f78-40ff-98fd-b41a31e70cdf.jpg?v=1781176726","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/upper-wilds-mercury-cd","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}