Mercury by Lucy Adlington & John Pope
Doom jazz for the soul. Mercurial frequencies interplay double bass, bowed drones and oscillating guitars for an auditory and interplanetary Lynchian nightmare.
Mercury is a recorded live session in County Durham, channelled July 2021.
"Mercury is the kind of album that you can get lost in. There is so much going on that with every new listen you pinpoint something new. Was that bass run always there? Where did those electronic motifs from come? What is more remarkable about the album is, with the amount going on, just how sparse and light it is in places. Around the halfway mark of ‘Part I’ there is some heavy stuff going on, but we aren’t being bogged down by it. Instead, the guitar work feels slightly translucent. This is an album to enjoy, but it also works as a springboard into two rich back catalogues that will keep you coming back again and again." - GodIsInTheTV review, 2021
Credits
Lucy Adlington - Guitar, Piano, Engineering & Mix
John Pope - Double Bass, Synthesiser & Small Percussive Instruments
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Artwork & Layout by Lucy Adlington
