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Longview's debut album Mercury was released in the UK on July
21 through 14th Floor Records, the album was preceded by the
Top thirty single 'Further' on July 7. The second single from
Longview's critically acclaimed album will be 'Can't Explain',
which is released on September 29th. This is what the critics
said of Mercury:
If you are as yet unacquainted with Longview,
prepare to go missing for a few days. Screen your calls; draw
the curtains; cancel those urgent night
manoeuvres. You won't regret it. In times when scene-chasing
garage bands clog up the column inches, Longview are a band
from a far more noble tradition. There are obvious parallels:
Doves, Radiohead, even Coldplay, but there's a serenity and
optimism in their music which speaks more loudly of Verve
(pre 'The'); a blissed-out Teenage Fanclub and the Beatles
'White Album' (a band favourite).
Single Track listings:
CD1
1. Can't Explain (Album version)
2. Lucy
3. Can't Explain live video
CD2
1. Can't Explain (new edit)
2. Can't Explain video
DVD
1. Can't Explain video
2. Just Waiting
3. Can't Explain (Andy Votel remix)
4. Can't Explain making of the Video
Longview's debut UK headline tour commenced
in Southampton on May 18, and saw the band covering the length
and breadth of the UK until July 31st.
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