Planes Mistaken For Stars - Mercy - Amazon.com Music. Interesting Finds Updated Daily. Amazon Try Prime CDs & Vinyl Go. Search Departments. Mercy by Planes Mistaken For Stars, released 14 July 2015 1. One Fucked Pony 2. Crooked Mile 3. Widow: A Love Song 4. Keep Your Teeth 5.
Mercy by Released October 3, 2006 ( 2006-10-03), Length 38: 04 chronology (2004) 2004 Mercy (2006) We Ride to Fight! (2007) We Ride to Fight!2007 Mercy is the third studio album by American band released in 2006, and was the final album of new material before the band's 2008 disbandment. After several releases on, the band signed to — a short-lived heavy metal imprint of that also featured and. Guitarist Gared O’Donnell commented on the transition between labels, stating: 'Right after 2004 came out, other labels expressed interest. We made the decision to do something different, and No Idea backed us up.
They said, 'Listen, you've hit the ceiling with what we can do for you. If you want to go to another label for the next record, you have our blessing.' ' Mercy was produced by the Seattle-based producer (, ) and was officially released through Abacus on October 3, 2006. In 2015, vocalist 's hardcore label reissued Mercy. This version was remastered by Brad Boatwright (, ) with the original 1/2-inch tapes and features revamped artwork and packaging. Upon release in 2006, the album was met with generally favorable reviews. Sam Sutherland of Canada's magazine said the album is, 'Gritty, unrefined post-punk that trashes around all over the lines that separate punk, hardcore, and good old rock'n'roll, Mercy is awash in spastic drumming, off-kilter riffs, and some of the finest throaty bellowing this side of Gainesville.'
Ned Raggett of said, '. the compelling impact of this album is not merely what it synthesizes but how it delivers the results — whatever their emo roots were, lumping these guys in with would be pretty ridiculous.' Among other tracks, both Sutherland and Raggett praised Mercy's opening and closing tracks, 'One Fucked Pony' and 'Penitence' respectively.
Sutherland noted 'One Fucked Pony's stylistic change from the band's usual sound on past records to similar to or set a tone for the record, while observing that 'Penitence' was 'one of the most interesting sonic departures' on the album. Raggett described Gared O'Donnell's vocals on 'One Fucked Pony' as 'barking in a tortured but defiant rasp while the band finds a good intersection between sprawling boogie and tense, trebly riffs, not to mention just slowing down to a total crawl at the drop of a hat,' and that the acoustic closer 'Penitence' helped Mercy to 'seem like a massive epic.' Track listing.
'One Fucked Pony' – 4:09. 'Crooked Mile' – 3:01. 'Widow: A Love Song' – 2:04. 'Keep Your Teeth' – 4:45. 'To Spit a Sparrow' – 2:48.
'Never Felt Prettier' – 2:44. 'Killed by Killers Who Kill Each Other' – 3:24. 'Little Death' – 3:20. 'Church Date' – 3:42. 'Mercy' – 4:32. 'Penitence' – 3:35 References.
There's something undeniably right about an opening song called 'One Fucked Pony' - it just sounds perfect as an image of frustrated desperation. The song itself lives up to it, too, with lead singer barking in a tortured but defiant rasp while the band finds a good intersection between sprawling boogie and tense, trebly riffs, not to mention just slowing down to a total crawl at the drop of a hat. Thus the way starts off its 2006 album, and the compelling impact of this album is not merely what it synthesizes but how it delivers the results - whatever their emo roots were, lumping these guys in with would be pretty ridiculous.
The gang shouts on 'Crooked Mile' and the crushing conclusion of 'To Spit a Sparrow,' with a final coda that acts as just-gentle-enough balm, are the work of an act that knows its metal, its hardcore, its goth and more besides. Above all else, are incredible arrangers of their work - they know just how to place things for maximum effect. Consider the thrilling solo that opens 'Widow: A Love Song,' a shrieking, ascending blast upwards, and how that contrasts with the brutal descending riffs at the conclusion that then slowly rise in turn. The muffled, almost -like drums from that open 'Keep Your Teeth' - not to mention its gorgeous mid-song break - and the split-second guitar squeals on 'Little Death' are just some of the many standout moments.
Credit goes to them as well for a great, sharp sense of humor - thus the song title 'Killed by Killers Who Kill Each Other' - plus making a somewhat short CD (38 minutes) seem like a massive epic, down to its hushed acoustic guitar/piano conclusion 'Penitence.'
