Holes

by Mercury Rev

Type: Single
Released: 1999-01-01
Label: V2
Country: United States
Length: 17:07
Community rating: 3.92/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Jeff Mercel, Adam Snyder, Jonathan Donahue, Jimy Chambers, Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak, Dave Fridmann, Suzanne Thorpe

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The opening track of 'Deserter's Songs', Jonathan Donahue's hymn to absence arranged for strings, theremin and musical saw. It announced the band's reinvention from noise experimentalists into orchestral dream-pop auteurs.

Genres

Neo-Psychedelia
Dream Pop
Chamber Pop

Descriptors: atmospheric, melodic, orchestral, spacious, dreamy

Tracklist

Holes (4:10)
Car Wash Hair (7:55)
I Dreamt (1:29)
Caroline Says Pt. II (3:33)

Credits

Jonathan Donahue - vocals, guitar
Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak - guitar, keyboards, clarinet, vocals
Jeff Mercel - drums, piano
Mercury Rev - primary artist, written-by
Robert Creeley - read by, lyrics by, written-by