Name: Mercy
Brand: John Cale

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DS122LPX

Colour

Violet

Colour details

Transparent Violet

Discogs ID

[r25820044]

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Housed in Gatefold Sleeve with Printed Inners

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-01-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

887832012230

Total Cap

2 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Violet

DS122CD

Extended format: No

Gatefold Sleeve with 16 Page Booklet.

887832012223

1 / CD

DS122LP

Black

887832012216

2 / Black / LP

Artist

John Cale

Genre GB

Classic

Label GB

Double Six

John Cale is a Welsh musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as a co-founder of the influential band Velvet Underground with Lou Reed. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with various artists and produced debut albums for notable bands such as The Stooges, Patti Smith Group, and Modern Lovers.
Born on March 9th, 1942 in Garnant, Wales, UK, John Cale's musical contributions have left an indelible mark on the industry. His talent spans across multiple roles within the music realm - from composing to singing to producing.
With his involvement in Velvet Underground alongside Lou Reed, John Cale played a pivotal role in shaping the sound of alternative rock. Additionally, he has lent his expertise as a producer to create groundbreaking debut albums for renowned bands like The Stooges' self-titled album (1969), Patti Smith Group's "Horses" (1975), and Modern Lovers' eponymous release (1976).

Double Six is a renowned music label that has been at the forefront of the industry for many years. With their later logo being D6, they have established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the world of music. Known for their innovative and diverse range of artists, Double Six has consistently delivered high-quality music across various genres.

One of the key strengths of Double Six is their ability to discover and nurture talented musicians. They have a keen eye for spotting emerging artists and providing them with the platform they need to showcase their skills. Through strategic partnerships and collaborations, Double Six has helped launch the careers of numerous *artists* who have gone on to achieve great success in the industry.

With an impressive catalog that spans multiple genres including rock, pop, electronic, and more, Double Six offers something for every music lover. Their commitment to delivering exceptional sound quality ensures that listeners can enjoy an immersive musical experience like no other.

For nearly 60 years, John Cale has been reimagining how his music is made, sounds, and even works.&nbsp;Mercy, Cale’s first full album in a decade, moves through true dark-night-of-the-soul electronic torment toward vulnerable love songs and hopeful considerations for the future with the help of some of music’s most curious young minds. Cale has always searched for new ways to explore old ideas of alienation, hurt, and joy;&nbsp;Mercy&nbsp;is the latest transfixing find of this unsatisfied mind.

John Cale releases Mercy, his first new album of original songs in a decade, out via Double Six / Domino. For nearly 60 years, or at least since he was a young Welshman who moved to New York and formed The Velvet Underground, Cale has been reinventing his music with dazzling and inspiring regularity. There was the bewitching chamber folk of Paris 1919 followed instantly by the gnarled rock of Fear, the provocative and spare song cycle Music for a New Society followed more than 30 years later by mighty and unabashed electronic updates. Once again, here is Cale, reimagining how his music is made, sounds, and even works. His engrossing 12-track Mercy moves through true dark-night-of-the-soul electronics toward vulnerable love songs and hopeful considerations for the future.

On Mercy, Cale enlists some of music’s most curious young minds: Animal Collective, Sylvan Esso, Laurel Halo, Tei Shi, Actress. They’re only some of the astounding cast here, brilliant musicians who climb inside Cale’s consummate vision of the world and help him redecorate there. Cale turned 80 in March, and he’s watched as many peers have passed away, particularly during the last decade. Mercy is the continuation of a long career’s work with wonder. Cale has always searched for new ways to explore old ideas of alienation, hurt, and joy; Mercy is the latest transfixing find of this unsatisfied mind.

The writings and recordings that shaped Mercy piled up for years, as Cale watched society totter at the brink of dystopia. Trump and Brexit, Covid and climate change, civil rights and right-wing extremism—Cale let the bad news of the day filter into his lines, whether that meant contemplating the sovereignty and legal status of sea ice melting near the poles or the unhinged arming of Americans. Lessons from a life (still being) richly lived floated to the fore, too, nodded to on the previously released “Night Crawling”&nbsp; If we’re always regretting our past, aren’t we conscripting ourselves to permanent disappointment?

During “Story of Blood,” after the piano prelude gives way to a frame-rattling beat and synthesizers that feel like sunshine splashed across a snowfield, the voices of Cale and Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering slide past one another, two phantoms trying to find a partner amid the modern din. “Swing your soul,” they both sing in aspiration. In the final verse, Cale remembers this existence is not just about himself. “I’m going back to get them, my friends in the morning. Bring them with me into the light.”&nbsp;

Mercy

Music GB

Discover Mercy by John Cale. His first album in a decade, available in CD and LP formats. Released by Double Six, this transfixing find explores dark-night-of-the-soul electronics and vulnerable love songs with the help of music's most curious young minds.