Mercury Machine To Release “Ascend” EP

Mercury Machine are less a Manchester band and more one of a pan-European perspective that, post-Brexit, perhaps only exists only in the creative space. Sure, the five-piece pay appropriate homage to the rain-sodden post-punk of home, but their synth-driven scope targets much bigger and darker horizons. The Ascend EP will be released on September 16th and is now available for pre-order via Bandcamp and on cassette via Ramber Records. 

With a new wave leaning album already under their belts, and a new one due later in the year, the release of the Ascend EP now cements the band’s stadium-sized Goth-rock of old and so too pushes an industrial, cyber-flavoured strain of paranoia popular in the late 80s and early 90s. It’s massive and yet still eager to stomp on the pedals to ratchet up the oppressive atmosphere at every opportunity.