mercury rev - all is dream/MOTW

[FuSoYa]

I just got Mercury Rev's "All is Dream". Is anyone familiar with this record? I was really surprised to find some startling similarities between this record and Bath/LYBM - am just listening for the first time now, but initial observations about the peripherals:


First of all, the tile "All is Dream". Additionally, its release date was within weeks of Bath/LYBM's release date, and the inlay booklet is peppered with Hebrew letters with symbolic meanings (i.e, chet is used for "fence" in this booklet), guitar mappings, planetary zodiac symbols, and other occult allusions. Has any motW fan ever investigated this?

 

[Baliset]

i think the weirder coincidence is that you mentioned listening to mercury rev right around the same time i decided to give them a try.

i don't remember us having a conversation about them either.

 

[aura]

for those who want to see for themselves:

http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=435848

interesting coincidences. i like how the tracklisting on the back is a tree of life.

 

[xfer]

man first radiohead then mercury rev

 

[FuSoYa]

wow... discogs.com... what a fucked up website

 

[aura]

not related to mercury rev, and something i probably could have bumped that 'isis is the new radiohead' thread to post:

i saw this and immediately thought of tartar lamb.