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Since the addition of Whit
Travisano as the full time 4th member in early 2000, and with several
months of national touring under their belt, the Mercury Program are
now fully realized as a quartet. The songs on this EP reflect the
band's comfort as a 4 piece, and are musically more textured than
the works on previous releases. Tom Reno's guitars are loopy and sprawling
while Sander Travisano's bass lines ground the band somewhere in the
country between rock, blues and jazz. Vibes and keys take a prominent
role and there is the first time addition of cello into a Mercury
Program song. Unlike the previous recordings, this EP doesn't include
any of the sparse bits of vocals, instead these 5 songs are completely
instrumental. Whiles some songs pass the 8 minute mark, there is never
a dull moment and the vocals are never missed.
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