Mercury Rev

Rolling Stone (7/8/93, p.20) - "...Light-years beyond slacker rock. More like Pere Ubu's MODERN DANCE mating with Pink Floyd's SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS..."
Q Magazine (7/93, p.98) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Dwelling where the sinister cohabits with the pretty, Mercury Rev weave mellow after-dinner music for the post-Goth set..."
Melody Maker (5/29/93, p.34) - "...With the possible exception of Pavement, no band today revels so richly in the materiality of sound....exquisite stuff..."
New Musical Express (5/29/93, p.32) - 8 - Excellent - "...overblown and overboard, but frequently brilliant proof that in these 12 hands the method of madness works a dream...."
Entertainment Weekly (7/9/93, p.50) - "...As reckless as a finger painting, Rev's music still manages to be catchy. They put the risk back in rock..." - Rating: B+
Alternative Press (7/93, p.82) - "...[a] mindf*ck world of bells, whistles, aliens, horns, flutes, cartoons, tape loops, and hobbits strewn under some bright white noise....Just when you think you've got a line on one of these ten opuses, the Rev explode things over the top with cranium-bending volume..."
Option (9-10/93, p.117) - "...If this were not a cruel, godless universe, Mercury Rev would be coming up with the music for a string of unbelievably popular Broadway musicals and Andrew Lloyd Webber would be managing the local Sizzler..."