snowflake midnight

• Formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1989, MERCURY REV quickly grew to become leading figures in left field alternative rock. Earlier albums veered towards experimental, off-kilter psychedelia but by the end of the decade, the band had developed their own brand of serene, piano-based Americana with the acclaimed, best-selling LP Deserter’s Songs (1998).
• Originally issued in September 2008, SNOWFLAKE MIDNIGHT was the seventh album by Mercury Rev and followed The Secret Migration (2005) and All Is Dream (2001) – both of which have already been treated to deluxe editions by Cherry Red.
• Although the album wasn’t fanfared by any singles, the tracks ‘Senses On Fire’, ‘Butterfly's Wing’ and ‘Snowflake In A Hot World’ all enjoyed exposure on radio. Meanwhile, the vinyl edition of Snowflake Midnight was issued as a double LP with a bonus disc of remixes, entitled STRANGE ATTRACTOR. And V2 also released a 12” EP featuring further remixes.
• Cherry Red Records are proud to unveil a deluxe 5-CD edition of this relatively recent highlight in the continuing musical story of Mercury Rev, compiled and coordinated by the band’s Jonathan Donaghue and Sean ‘Grasshopper’ Mackowiak.
• Joining the original album are a second disc of previously unissued outtakes, entitled Hymn Of The Heavenly Snowflake, a third disc cryptically entitled Snowflakes From A Train (again, hitherto unheard) and a fourth disc of live material (again, unreleased until now). Disc 5 offers the first commercial CD outing for STRANGE ATTRACTOR, with the added bonus of those four 12” remix tracks.
• This expanded edition of SNOWFLAKE MIDNIGHT is presented as a plush, hardbook book containing original album lyrics, lots of visuals and new sleeve-notes by acclaimed author and journalist Martin Aston.

Track Listing:

DISC ONE:
SNOWFLAKE MIDNIGHT
• SNOWFLAKE IN A HOT WORLD
• BUTTERFLY’S WING
• SENSES ON FIRE
• PEOPLE ARE SO UNPREDICTABLE (THERE’S NO BLISS LIKE HOME)
• OCTOBER SUNSHINE
• RUNAWAY RAINDROP
• DREAM OF A YOUNG GIRL AS A FLOWER
• FARAWAY FROM CARS
• A SQUIRREL AND I (HOLDING ON… AND THEN LETTING GO)
DISC TWO:
HYMN OF THE HEAVENLY SNOWFLAKE
• IS THAT YOU?
• TRIUMPHANT ELEPHANT
• EVENING DELIGHT
• THE WITCHES OF MINK HOLLOW
• LULLABY FOR LEGS DIAMOND
• UPSTAIRS AT THE CONTINENTAL
• BRAINWAVE CONCERTO #12 ATJOHN ZORN’S PLACE
• CFNY IN THE MID EIGHTIES (SOUNDS LIKE)
• THE RECURRING DREAM OF MARV LEVY
• BELLES OF KINGSTON
• THE FLYING SAUCER
• REMEMBER THAT TIME WHEN WE …
ALL TRACKS PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
DISC THREE:
SNOWFLAKES FROM A TRAIN
• SATURDAY IN THE DARK
• THE FALL OF SOPHIA
• MAYOR IN A CATHOUSE
• THE GIANT COURTHOUSE SCREW
• 4AM TRAINS ACROSS KINGSTON
• FLASHBACK AND FREEDOM
• STEPPING IN AND STEPPING OUT
• LAST TRAIN TO POUGHKEEPSIE
DISC FOUR:
LIVE 2008
• SNOWFLAKE IN A HOT WORLD
• OCTOBRE SUNSHINE
• YOU’RE MY QUEEN
• PEOPLE ARE SO UNPREDICTABLE
• BUTTERFLY’S WING
• DREAM OF A YOUNG GIRL AS A FLOWER
• THE DARK IS RISING
• SENSES ON FIRE
DISC FIVE:
STRANGE ATTRACTOR
• LOVE IS PURE
• TAKEN UP INTO CLOUDS, CHANGED, AND RAINED DOWN
• PURE JOIE DE LA SOLITUDE
• PERSISTENCE AND THE APIS MELLIFERA
• FABLE OF A SILVER MOON
• LOOP, LISSE, LOOP
• IN MY HEART A STRANGE ATTRACTOR
• INCIDENT ON ABEEL STREET
• AF DEN FADER KOMMER DEN SOL
• BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE
• NOCTURNE FOR NORWOOD
BONUS TRACKS
• BUTTERFLY'S WING (ISAN ALIEN ADOPTION REMIX)
• SENSES ON FIRE (FUJIYA AND MIYAGI REMIX)
• BUTTERFLY'S WING (CARLOS ANTHONY MOLINA ''4 ON THE FLUX'' MIX)
• SENSES ON FIRE (HOLDEN MIX)