Mercury Rev, The Flaming Lips (Yerself Is Steam, Hit To Death In The Future Head) - 90s OU Ep.05

Welcome to '90s Overlooked Underheard! An in-depth look at fifty underrated albums from the 1990s... Indie, Alternative, Shoegaze, Grunge, Punk, Lo-fi, Post-Rock, Math-Rock, Hardcore, Industrial, Americana, Ambient, Avant Noise, Hip Hop and more.
This episodic, chronological deep-dive into the music of the decade will try to tell the story of how underground music evolved through the '90s, questioning some of the ideas and narratives that have formed over the years. We'll also be checking out the physical sleeves/artwork/media (vinyl, CD, and cassette) of every featured album along the way.
All 90s OU reviews will be focused on the more-neglected artists and albums of the period. We'll be looking at... Unsung genre classics, "difficult" albums, discographic oddities, short-lived projects, scene outsiders, "wrong place, wrong time" bands, major-label missteps, overshadowed works and forgotten greats...all of them, personal favorites.
THIS EPISODE - "Shared Ideals"
08. Mercury Rev - "Yerself Is Steam"
09. The Flaming Lips - "Hit To Death In The Future Head"
00:00 | Intro
00:21 | Shared history/influences of the bands
05:15 | Mercury Rev - "Yerself Is Steam"
08:29 | The Flaming Lips - "Hit To Death In The Future Head"
11:31 | Closing Thoughts
Previous episode guide, and the 90s OU list so far...
Ep01 - 01. The Sundays - "Reading Writing and Arithmetic"
Ep01 - 02. The Blue Aeroplanes - "Swagger"
Ep02 - 03. Bitch Magnet - "Ben Hur"
Ep02 - 04. Tar - "Roundhouse"
Ep03 - 05. New Fast Automatic Daffodils - "Pigeonhole"
Ep03 - 06. The Fall - "Shift-Work"
Ep04 - 07. Vic Chesnutt - "West Of Rome"

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Nice video. Saw Mercury Rev at the time of this album (and at least three other times). David Baker came off stage and stood next to me whilst the band played on…jamming out to a Beatles cover of Its all too much. Great gig. Boces and See you on the other side are great lost albums too. Got into Flaming Lips much later…at time of The Soft Bulletin…and their show at the time was amazing…still one of my favourite gigs.