Description
Mercury & Lightning is the sixth full-length studio album by the American singer and songwriter John Mark McMillan, released on Lionhawk Records in September 2017.
This album feels like one of the most complete and cohesive records of John Mark McMillan’s career. Springsteen meets Southern gothic in a haunting, yet somehow catchy rock record. [The Rabbit Room, 2017]
Seven years after his breakthrough hit «How He Loves Us», McMillan still has plenty to say about the messy intersections of faith and life. The lyrics find a man pausing to take stock of the twists and turns of his life: “Who I am is greater than the me of who I once dreamed” («Persephone»); “All the things I do to survive, they only make me feel old” («Death in Reverse»). He’s not standing still musically either. «No Country» sounds for all the world like mid-90s Springsteen, but then «Magic Mirror» spends its time in a falsetto never attempted by The Boss. «Gods of American Success» layers horns above a steady U2 beat. «Wilderlove» and «Unhaunted» offer a master class in the uses of percussion to enhance a track, while «Death in Reverse» and its ambient baskmasked companion «esrevernihtaed» drop out the drums altogether in favor of synth pads and choir. As with Josh Garrels or Sufjan Stevens, every track rewards repeat careful listening to appreciate all that’s going on. Fans of Crowder’s mix or the organic and the electronic will find much to love here. [Robert Berman, Worship Musician Magazine, August 30, 2017]
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CD tracklist:
01. Mercury & Lightning – 3:12
02. Wilderlove – 4:41
03. Gods of American Success – 3:32
04. Enemy, Love. – 4:18
05. Unhaunted – 3:45
06. Persephone – 3:10
07. Death in Reverse – 4:01
08. E S R E v E R N I H T a E D – 3:04
09. Raging Moon – 3:23
10. Body in Motion (feat. Liz Vice) – 3:41
11. No Country – 4:19
12. Magic Mirror – 4:31
13. Fumbling Towards the Light – 4:49
14. Nothing Stands Between Us – 4:56
Note: Released both on CD and 12-inch vinyl double LP (pressed on Translucent Pink vinyl).
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