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"The Funeral Sessions is six songs' worth of gloomy electronic missives from your romantically complicated year abroad. Hollow drum-machine beats mark the time between first making eye contact and making out on the dance floor, while bass lines throb with the next morning's regrets. Di'Greggario sings reproaches to characters seeking solace in false embraces—with the pursuit of fame, with clubbing every night, with devil women who offer sex but steal your soul. Yet these tunes can't bring themselves to practice abstinence. Instead, they delight in the skittery, ever-changing rush of digitalized distortion, popping one electronic effect after another for a high that's always shifting shapes."-Sarah Askari City Pages

"Mercurial Rage purvey icy-cold European synth pop à la New Order or Depeche Mode ...Vocalist Michael DiGreggario shows plenty of soul in his voice, showcasing the mix of romance, hurt, and even menace in Chris Hill’s lyrics...The balance of the band—Christopher Church, Brock Landers, and Butch McQueen—draft music that is familiar for longtime listeners of the genre, but also has a welcome freshness about it."-Ed Huyck Lavender Magazine

"Mercurial Rage hasn’t been at it together all that long-–about a year. Nonetheless, they know what they are doing. They are at their best on a cut like “Simon,” combining smart-ass attitude with a hip-slung groove that dares you not to dance."-Dwight Hobbes of The Pulse of The Twin Cities

"They play sleek, retro electronic rock, with lead singer Michael Di'Greggario channeling Depeche Mode's David Gahan (and maybe a little Martin Gore, as well)."-Ross Raihala Pioneer Press

"The Funeral Sessions" is precisely the sort of album to get naked to, a six-song sample from Mercurial Rage's live set list that details a shadowy city underbelly of the fashionable and fame-hungry, of the dirty minds and all their disillusioned questions."-Haily Gostas The Minnesota Daily

"If you didn’t grow up in the eighties, hike back a few years progressively with Mercurial Rage, who elegantly delve into your soul unlike most electronica-experimental music, which may precipitate your need for an exorcism."-Mitchell Houle of The Pulse of the Twin Cities

"Mercurial Rage is the lovechild of angst and lust, filling the vacuum left by today’s sensationalistic pop music. In the Rage, fans will find this generation’s voicing of inner turmoil, dirty thoughts and bitter questions. This band is a well-cased group of sexy beat masters." -JKulju (www.jakekulju.com)