LongView Mercury (Extend Edition)

REVIEW


Manchester-based indie-rock outfit Longview are in pursuit of a grand, romantic--indeed, religious--vision, and on

their debut album, Mercury, they realise it with no lack of wide-eyed faith. "God's love will save our lives / It

will come shining bright," sings frontman Rob McVey on the opening "Further", indicating, in this age

when Christian rock is typically dismissed as the tritest of the trite, a rather surprising bravery of conviction.

Luckily, however, there's far more to Mercury than over-serious religious zeal. Fulsome guitar vistas like "Will

You Wait Here" and "Electricity" touch at the dreamy psychedelia of fellow Mancunians Doves or

Elbow--albeit an Elbow realised without Guy Garvey's trademarked curmudgeonly attitude and invested with a hearty

optimism. Importantly, for Longview, there are hit singles in the waiting here: "I Would" is a windswept take

on the sort of lilting piano balladry that Coldplay did before them, and Echo and the Bunnymen did long before them; and

the thunderous "When You Sleep" marches along with a righteous ire little seen since the Smiths flounced

through these parts.

CD Description


Debut album by Manchester indie band snapped up by East West after their demo was played on influential London radio

station XFM. With a chiming, lush and full sound that echoes Doves, Radiohead, Coldplay, Ride, early Verve and Jeff

Buckley, they aim to strike a chord with their deep, emotionally resonant songwriting. Includes the singles 'Further',

'Nowhere', 'When You Sleep' and 'Electricity'.

Songs


1. Further


2. Can't Explain


3. Falling for You


4. In a Dream


5. Nowhere


6. I Would


7. Electricity


8. Still


9. One More Try


10. When You Sleep


11. If You Asked


12. Falling Without You


13. Coming Down


14. Lucy


15. Hold On


16. Goodbye


17. Fading


18. Will You Wait Here


19. This Is


20. Jealousy (With Choir)


21. I Want A Reaction


22. Why


23. Falling Without You (2005 Version)


24. Further (New Radio Mix)


25. Further (Jack Joseph Puig Mix)


26. Further (Longview vs. Elbow)

ENJOY.