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ARTiST..[ MRCY
TiTLE...[ VOLUME 1
GENRE...[ Soul                    CAT#....[
LABEL...[ Dead Oceans             ENCODER.[ Lame 3.100
YEAR....[ 2024                    QUALiTY.[ 320kbps
SOURCE..[ WEB (FLAC)              MODE....[ Joint Stereo
PLAYTIME[ 30:20                   REL.DATE[ 05.09.2024
TRACKS..[ 08                      RiPPER..[ TEAM OMA
SiZE....[ 69,57 MB                SUPPLiER[ TEAM OMA

NR. TRACK.                                             TiME.

01  R.L.M                                             03:46
02  Lorelei                                           04:25
03  Purple Canyon                                     03:14
04  Days Like This                                    02:39
05  California                                        04:47
06  Flowers In Mourning                               04:15
07  Powerless                                         03:42
08  Seven Candles                                     03:32

TOTAL: 30:20

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MRCY are producer Barney Lister and vocalist
Kojo Degraft-Johnson. Hailing from different
ends of England and disparate cultures, theirs
is a space of soulful self-expression that
combines the timeless musical warmth and social
consciousness of Marvin Gaye with the genre-
melding, modern sensibility of Anderson .Paak
and SAULT. ôItÆs like hearing a distant
memory,ö Barney says. ôBut one that speaks to
where you are now.ö

MRCY first connected over Instagram in the
pandemic before meeting up IRL in Brixton,
where they immediately found common ground in
their time spent hustling behind the scenes.
Hailing from HuddersfieldÆs thriving
soundsystem culture, Barney has established
himself as one of the UKÆs most in-demand
producers, with collaborations ranging from
Ivor-Award-winning work with Obongjayar to
Mercury-nominated records with Joy Crookes and
Olivia Dean. South London-raised Kojo,
meanwhile, earned his stripes in church as well
as singing with equally-illustrious homegrown
artists like Cleo Sol and Little Simz. MRCYÆs
music reverberates with individual
perspectives, but also reminds how those common
experiences of graft, grit and abandon have
always been able to bring crowds - or a new
band - together through tough times.

Debut single æLoreleiÆ exemplifies MRCYÆs
method of viewing Soul through the contemporary
looking glass. Their upcoming project, VOLUME
1, artfully combines musical weight, commanding
vocals and otherworldly touches to produce
songs that feel as personal as they are deeply
universal. For Barney and Kojo, the band is as
much about putting yourself first as it is the
spirit of compassion, empathy and m(e)rcy that
has never felt more needed. Soul, says Barney,
is ôgood people making music that matters.ö And
from the very first line of standout single
æR.L.M.Æ - ôLondon rain on the window / I donÆt
care where weÆre gonna go / IÆm good with youö
- MRCY offer a blissful respite from and an
intoxicating soundtrack to the madness, the
magic, of the everyday.

The only thing that really matters is music!!!

FRiENDS / SiTEOPS / NUKENET

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