
Much has changed in the decade since Mercury Rev last released a studio album, not least their line-up. Born Horses takes the ‘space blues’ band in a new and even more dreamlike direction and pays tribute to both beat poet Robert Creeley and former Faust member Tony Conrad. Frontman Jonathan Donahue and guitarist/keyboardist Sean ‘Grasshopper’ Mackowiak discuss maximalism, nature programmes and the art of trying to remove seagull sounds from their songs.