Mercy Seat / Violent Femmes Related
The Mercy Seat
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Sealed, Hard To Find 1987 Original Mastered At Grundman Mastering. Small Saw Cut. "On The Face Of It, This Is A Punk Band Fronted By Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano Doing Covers Of Traditional Gospel Songs — And It Would Be Easy To Write This Album Off As Being Such. The Initial Surprise Of Hearing "Let Me Ride" With A Fast Punk Two-Beat Behind It Can Be Jarring, Not To Mention The Seemingly Incompatible Couplings Of Von Hepinstall's Husky Alto Voice And Gano's Whiny, Nasally Voice In A Call-And-Response Gospel Rave-Up. But Given A Listen For The Group As It Is And Not A Gordon Gano Side Project — And Hearing These Songs As Songs In Their Own Right And Not Gospel Covers — This Is An Excellent Record." - AMG