MERCURY RETROGRADE | VINYL RECORD (LP)
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MERCURY RETROGRADE | VINYL RECORD (LP)
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Release Date: 02/28/2020
Launched three decades ago, Harald L"wy's enduring German indie-tronic dreamcore project Chandeen is now gearing up for the release of it's 10th album, Mercury Retrograde. A carefully paced and deeply satisfying journey, Mercury Retrograde begins in earnest with "Summer's Fling," a persistent, shimmering instrumental track that showcases perennial Chandeen collaborator Florian Walther's intrepid, David Gilmour-channeling space-rock guitar flourishes. "Vanish" follows, weaving acoustic and electric guitars into a romantic, vibey patchwork that becomes a blanket for ominous lyrics and breathy vocals that wouldn't sound out of place escaping the lips of Hope Sandoval on a classic Mazzy Star record. The bittersweet letting go of "I Don't Care if I'm Wasted" continues to blend Mercury Retrograde's disparate synthetic and organic elements, Walther anchoring the tune with some entrancingly melodic runs on his H"fner-style Beatle bass. And toward album's end, semi-spoken manifesto "Cause It's Slow" floats along, propelled by sputtering drums, eventually fading into the cosmos like an astronaut on an ill-fated spacewalk. Mercury Retrograde is an unapologetic downtempo-burner, heavy with the gravity of fate, but at once weightless and sparse enough to allow one's imagination to fill in the blank spaces between notes, making for a highly personalized listen. Each distinct vocalist featured on the album-Chandeen lead singer Julia Beyer, British composer/multi-instrumentalist Holly Henderson, sad-eyed French singer-songwriter KITTY, and 16-year-old German artist Odile-as well as guest songwriter Jennifer Pague, contributed their own lyrics, always keeping Mercury Retrograde's titular winged-messenger traveling east to west in their minds, reckless and unrepentant. The perfectly calibrated soundscapes L"wy and Walther have created to score these star-slathered song-poems are a breathtaking fusion of ghostly psychedelic dreampop and barely tethered indie rock, all shot through with a delicate yet unwavering pop sensibility.
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Release Date: 02/28/2020
Launched three decades ago, Harald L"wy's enduring German indie-tronic dreamcore project Chandeen is now gearing up for the release of it's 10th album, Mercury Retrograde. A carefully paced and deeply satisfying journey, Mercury Retrograde begins in earnest with "Summer's Fling," a persistent, shimmering instrumental track that showcases perennial Chandeen collaborator Florian Walther's intrepid, David Gilmour-channeling space-rock guitar flourishes. "Vanish" follows, weaving acoustic and electric guitars into a romantic, vibey patchwork that becomes a blanket for ominous lyrics and breathy vocals that wouldn't sound out of place escaping the lips of Hope Sandoval on a classic Mazzy Star record. The bittersweet letting go of "I Don't Care if I'm Wasted" continues to blend Mercury Retrograde's disparate synthetic and organic elements, Walther anchoring the tune with some entrancingly melodic runs on his H"fner-style Beatle bass. And toward album's end, semi-spoken manifesto "Cause It's Slow" floats along, propelled by sputtering drums, eventually fading into the cosmos like an astronaut on an ill-fated spacewalk. Mercury Retrograde is an unapologetic downtempo-burner, heavy with the gravity of fate, but at once weightless and sparse enough to allow one's imagination to fill in the blank spaces between notes, making for a highly personalized listen. Each distinct vocalist featured on the album-Chandeen lead singer Julia Beyer, British composer/multi-instrumentalist Holly Henderson, sad-eyed French singer-songwriter KITTY, and 16-year-old German artist Odile-as well as guest songwriter Jennifer Pague, contributed their own lyrics, always keeping Mercury Retrograde's titular winged-messenger traveling east to west in their minds, reckless and unrepentant. The perfectly calibrated soundscapes L"wy and Walther have created to score these star-slathered song-poems are a breathtaking fusion of ghostly psychedelic dreampop and barely tethered indie rock, all shot through with a delicate yet unwavering pop sensibility.
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In Stock Items
Items marked as In Stock typically ship within 2–5 business days.
Once your order ships, you’ll receive tracking information by email.
Backordered Items
Some items may be available on Backorder if inventory is temporarily unavailable.
When purchasing a backordered item:
- Payment is collected at checkout
- Your order secures a place in the fulfillment queue
- Items are fulfilled in the order they are purchased
Most backorders are fulfilled within approximately 3–6 months, though timelines may occasionally be longer depending on supplier manufacturing, distributor allocations, repress schedules, or inventory availability.
Backordered items may ship separately from other items in your order.
You can monitor, manage, or cancel eligible unfulfilled backordered items anytime through your customer account portal.
Preorder Items
Preorder items are upcoming releases scheduled to ship on or around the official release date provided by the label or distributor.
Release dates may occasionally change due to manufacturing or supplier delays.
Preorder items follow the same fulfillment and account management process as backordered items.
Additional Fulfillment Information
Orders containing multiple inventory types may ship separately as items become available.
Estimated fulfillment timelines are provided as general estimates only and are not guaranteed.
When will I receive a tracking number?
We provide tracking for every order. Tracking will be available once your product is shipped. All of our products are shipped out of our warehouse in Westlake Village, CA. You can track your order through your account on our website, via any of the shipping confirmation emails we've sent you, or through the Shop App.
Can I cancel my order?
Customers may cancel eligible unfulfilled items at any time before they enter the shipping process directly through their customer account portal. Once an item has entered shipment processing or has shipped, it becomes subject to our standard Returns & Refund Policy.
