Out today: MERCY TIES - Reflections and Criticisms

Reflections and Criticisms, the new album by Mercy Ties, is out today on The Ghost Is Clear Records.

Reflections and Criticisms is the Pacific Northwest band's first new music in 10 years. Regrouped and revitalized after a hiatus that saw one member relocate to Europe and another commit himself to competitive powerlifting, Mercy Ties has returned with its strongest work yet. Engineered and mixed by Scott Evans (Kowloon Walled City, Sumac) and Chris Common (These Arms Are Snakes, The Mars Volta), the new album is a slab of supremely intense, rain-soaked hardcore that Revolver Magazine compares to "a more brooding Botch."

Stream the album, here: https://mercyties.bandcamp.com/album/reflections-and-criticisms

Buy the LP, here: https://theghostisclearrecords.limitedrun.com/products/863124

Mercy Ties will hit the road in April for a West Coast tour with 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 - Merced, CA @ The Partisan
April 23 - Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial
April 24 - Eugene, OR @ Wandering Goat
April 25 - Portland, OR @ Commonwealth
April 26 - Seattle, WA @ The Black Lodge

"Mercy Ties’ new album, 'Reflections and Criticisms'... [RIYL] original wave screamo ragers Pageninetynine, evil math rockers Botch and French noiseniks Birds in Row."
–Decibel

"With their return, Mercy Ties brings a potent and gripping blend of intense hardcore, infused with elements of sludge and a deep, brooding darkness which permeates their sound."
–Destroy//Exist

"Are you keeping up with The Ghost Is Clear Records? Last year they were voted, by a panel of one, Record Label of the Year, here at Getting It Out, and this year they seem to be doing everything they can to retain that title, as the deluge continues and Mercy Ties is another piece of that."
–Getting It Out

"Tension and release, packed with raw, biting energy... Honesty is the core of 'Reflections and Criticisms,' a work that unpacks themes of human frailty, societal collapse, and existential reckoning."
–Idioteq

"A particular kind of Pacific Northwest-made heaviness (think a more brooding, less mathematically groove-driven Botch)."
–Revolver