'Deserter's Songs'

Odd pairing: Levon Helm and Garth Hudson of The Band guest starring on Mercury Rev's seminal album Deserter's Songs. I would not have guessed that Helm and Hudson would be into the spacy, 1990s arena rock.

Mercury Rev fits into the mold of bands that I should have been listening to in the 1990s but wasn't because I was a total douchebag in the 1990s that listened to ska, Nirvana and Fat Wreck Chords punk.

Better late than never, right?

This is a really good album and I sincerely regret not listening to it back in the day. It's a studious and very polished dreamy rock album that just grooves it's brains out.