Mercat Plays Albany - Thursday!!!

Mercat will bring their folk/noir/blues/circus music to the Amrose & Sable Gallery tomorrow night (Thursday, 6/11). Sharing the night with whiz-pop auteurs Scientific Maps, Mercat are on a brief tour that will circle them ’round to Ohio and back through the weekend.

Of note within the tangled mass of accordions, jingles, breathy vocals, fiddles, and trouble is the strong arm of cellist Karen Codd, who Albany old-schoolers will remember as former member of knotworking and The Kamikaze Hearts. Since leaving Albany for NYC a few years back, she has firmly ensconced herself in the art and music world, playing in no less than three bands at one time and handling stints at the Guggenheim and currently at Capricious Magazine. I am looking forward to hearing what these ladies have cooked up, piqued by the three songs from their new album “Companion Animal” that are posted on their MySpace page.

( Bonus: check out this video posted by the folks at the Capitol District Federation of Ideas of Scientific Maps playing a song called “Construction Begins”. Scroll forward to the one minute mark for the song to witness some excellent harmonizing by Sci Mappers Donna Baird and Aaron Smith. Rad! The song will be featured on “Brontosaurus : Human” a benefit compliation CD for CDFI released by The Rev Records. Excellent!)