Mercy Ties reveals new single "Survivor's Guilt," from the forthcoming new album, Reflections and Criticisms. The band's first new album in 10 years, Reflections and Criticisms will be released March 28th on The Ghost Is Clear Records.
Stream the song's official music video, consisting of footage shot on tour in 2017 during the band's European tour with French powerhouse Birds in Row, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwT89jAbZIM
Pre-order Reflections and Criticisms, here: https://theghostisclearrecords.limitedrun.com/products/863124
Founded in Seattle, Washington in 2010, Mercy Ties emerged as a standout of a new wave of West Coast hardcore, citing bands like Breather Resist, Converge, Pageninetynine, and hometown heroes Botch as reference points. Mercy Ties' intense brand initially bore trademarks of screamo, then quickly spiraled into something darker and more lethal, indulging freely in elements of noise rock, math, sludge, and grind. A review from Invisible Oranges in that early period described the sound as "contorted, noise rock-indebted metalcore"; Decibel Magazine called it "unsettling, unpredictable and distinctive."
With a bright future ahead, Mercy Ties then promptly faded from view. "We needed to take a break," says vocalist Andre Sanabria. "We were all facing tensions for various reasons and needed some space. Other aspects of life were pulling us away." In the latter part of the decade, some band members migrated away from Seattle and away from music. Guitarist Trevor Bebee immersed himself in the world of competitive powerlifting; drummer Chris Pereira relocated to Europe.
With the spark reignited now and the band members regrouped, Mercy Ties returns. Engineered by Scott Evans (Kowloon Walled City, Sumac) and Chris Common (These Arms Are Snakes, The Mars Volta), and mastered by Brad Boatright (The Armed, Necrot), Reflections and Criticisms is not only a comeback, it is the band's strongest work yet. Revolver Magazine had these words for the album's first single: "A quick, glumly swung crush that speaks to a particular kind of Pacific Northwest-made heaviness (think a more brooding, less mathematically groove-driven Botch). Our overall reflection and criticism for Mercy Ties... The album couldn’t come soon enough."
Along with the release of the "Survivor's Guilt" single and music video, the band announces its "Reflections and Criticisms Tour," hitting the West Coast in April with Boise crushers Throes.
April 18 - Boise, ID @ Realms
April 19 - San Francisco, CA @ Neck of the Woods
April 20 - Fresno, CA @ Destructive Warehouse
April 21 - Los Angeles, CA @ Genghis Cohen
April 22 - Bakersfield, CA @ 415 BKFD
April 23 - Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial
April 24 - Eugene, OR @ Wandering Goat
April 25 - Portland, OR @ Commonwealth
April 26 - Seattle, WA @ The Black Lodge
Photo by Kayla Tarkalson Bebee
April 23 - Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial
April 24 - Eugene, OR @ Wandering Goat
April 25 - Portland, OR @ Commonwealth
April 26 - Seattle, WA @ The Black Lodge
Photo by Kayla Tarkalson Bebee
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