In Solstice

What do you call a car that’s been built on an aging yet trusty framework, around a bread-and-butter drivetrain with a monstrously growling V8 hidden under a sexy shell sporting some sleek, classy lines? Right, that’d be a muscle car.
And what do you call a t-shirt that’s got stripped of unnecessary parts in order to show the sweat on your shoulders and biceps while doing very masculine stuff? Yeah, too easy, that’s a muscle shirt.

So what would you call a breed of rock ’n’ roll, whose drums pound with the kinetic energy of a cylinder piston scratching the edge of its specs, whose bass even drives P*rnosonic back into mom’s arms – chased by a guitar sound that could blow the air out of a room if someone accidentally opened a door? A heavy groove, crowned by a voice as solid as a mountain, boasting a massive foundation and well-shaped peaks, even though it once came from the flat south?
Well, technically, we could name it muscle rock, but that isn’t really a thing – or is it? Let’s call it THE MERCURY RIOTS for now.

Be Yours, the very first single taken straight from THE MERCURY RIOTS’ upcoming album In Solstice, which will be out on June 21, 2024, and is already available for pre-order.

Before heading out for a ginormous European tour later that year, THE MERCURY RIOTS flew to Vancouver, Canada, in 2023 to record In Solstice with no other than legendary producer/engineer Mike Fraser (AC/DC, METALLICA, AEROSMITH, JOE SATRIANI), who co-produced, mixed and engineered the album at The Warehouse Studio and Armoury Studios. While Mr. Fraser brilliantly captured all the powerful riffing, soulful vocals and pumping rhythms, the band decided to put the fine art of mastering in equally golden hands: It had to be Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound (THE BLACK KEYS, GRETA VAN FLEET, THE NATIONAL). Stating the obvious, the result sounds fuckin’ awesome!

In Solstice will be out on June 21, 2024
Get it now: https://orcd.co/insolstice2