REMO DRIVE share Field Medic version of ‘Mercy’

Split between Minneapolis, Minnesota and Albany, NY, Remo Drive – the longstanding project of brothers Erik and Stephen Paulson – announce the extension of their latest record Mercy due for release on October 18^th via Epitaph.  Mercy Deluxe introduces four new covers that reinvent songs from their fourth album released in February of this year. Tapping a collection of old friends, collaborators and tour mates united by a shared love of music, each arrangement highlights different shades of innovation with a quiet reverence for the original track.

Inspired by their contribution to singer-songwriter Samia’s ‘The Baby: Reimagined’ – a project of covers and remixes of the indie artist’s 2020 record – Remo Drive found this form of collaboration a fun and genuine way to connect with artists they admire and new fans. “We asked Wilt to be a part of the deluxe because we really enjoyed touring with them on the Mercy Tour,” Erik notes. “Stephen first heard them on Tik Tok and was hit by how well constructed the songs were. They are great songwriters and producers and perform everything with loads of personality.”

Remo Drive & Field Medic – “Mercy (Field Medic Version)” (Full Album Stream)

Introducing a major sonic departure from records of Remo past, Mercy is less indebted to the emo and pop punk that foregrounded the duo’s career and instead invested in thorny, baroque indie pop by way of Father John Misty and Fleet Foxes. A collection of the band’s most lyric-focused work yet, the band thrived under the guidance of legendary Seattle-based producer, Phil Ek (The Shins, Band Of Horses) who helped bring their new ideas to life in the span of ten days. “It was refreshing to work with Phil,” says Erik Paulson, “It made music feel like how it did when we were younger. He was like fuck it, let’s go, let’s have fun.”

Mercy Deluxe Tracklisting

1. Please, Please Be Smart
2. I Find Trouble
3. All You’ll Ever Catch
4. White Dress
5. Mercy
6. Makin’ Muzak
7. Houseplant
8. No There’s No Hope For You
9. New In Town
10. Hold You
11. Mercy (Field Medic Version)
12. No There’s No Hope For You (Boyish Version)
13. White Dress (Caleb Lee Hutchinson Version)
14. Please, Please Be Smart (Wilt Version)

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