{"id":40836,"date":"2024-09-19T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=40836"},"modified":"2024-09-15T19:18:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T23:18:12","slug":"mercury-rev-shares-born-horses-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=40836","title":{"rendered":"Mercury Rev shares \u2018Born Horses\u2019 single"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Legendary psychedelic rock band\u00a0Mercury Rev\u00a0have released their brand new studio album\u00a0\u2018Born Horses\u2019\u00a0on September 6\u00a0via\u00a0Bella Union. New single and title track <em>Born Horses<\/em> acts as the album\u2019s majestic thesis statement. Its lyrics resonate throughout the entire record, encompassing the idea of flight (\u201c<em>I dreamed we were born horses waiting for wings<\/em>\u201d) and the phrase \u201c<em>You and I<\/em>\u201d that appears at different junctures on the album. This is not the concept of two separate people, but two parts of one self. Grasshopper shares, \u201c<em>Born Horses is an illuminated poetic slice of hazy existential visions, wrapped in a velvet blanket of cosmic yearning\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to <em>Born Horses<\/em> via YouTube below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZEOH2Jv1ZA8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Recently hailed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/charmschoolmedia.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7729f4c86d7f743ae4dbabf1d&amp;id=b5bd9cf127&amp;e=c7d74adf69\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pitchfork<\/a>\u00a0with a 9.3 for their 1991 classic\u00a0\u2018Yerself Is Steam,\u2019 Mercury Rev has been revered for their experimental artistry and challenging the status quo throughout their career. 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