“We thought a lot about the desert on this record, and the urban desert.” Mercury Rev share trippy, twinkling new single Patterns, announce new album Born Horses, unveil 2024/'25 UK and Europe tour schedule

Mercury Rev.

Mercury Rev have announced details of their first new album in nine years, and shared its first single. 

The trippy, twinkling Patterns, which features spoken word vocals from frontman Jonathan Donahue referencing artist Jackson Pollock, is the first taste of the eight-song Born Horses, the quartet's follow-up to 2015's The Light In You, set for release on September 6 via Bella Union.

“When we gaze up at the stars in the sky at night, the flickering lights seem random,” the band say in a statement about the single. “If we could zoom out and see all of the galaxies revolving around each other, we would see the order in it. There are only Patterns on top of Patterns…”