Less than a week after gracing the cover of the Las Vegas Weekly Music Issue and scorching through a spirited set at our Brooklyn Bowl Showcase, Brendan Scholz of Mercy Music has some big news to share: The local power-trio, considered to be perpetually on the verge of a breakthrough, took another step in the right direction this week, signing a licensing deal with Vegas-based punk label SquidHat Records.
“Hopefully, the future is bright,” said Scholz. “Allan [Carter] and them, they don’t want to rape the artist, which is great. So, them allowing me to keep my situation in-house while still being stoked enough on the project to want to distribute it is f*cking great and I couldn’t be happier about it.”
Scholz co-engineered and produced the band’s upcoming record, When I Die I’m Taking You With Me, alongside Dave Holdredge (Incubus, Falling In Reverse, Alter Bridge). SquidHat will distribute the album, due out in September, which is “95 percent complete” according to Scholz, who has ambitious plans for the rest of the year. “Tour starts in September and we’ll probably be headed out again before the holidays, and I’ll probably start the next record sometime between October and November.”
If you missed Mercy Music at Brooklyn Bowl last week, you can see them for free at the Gold Spike this Friday at 10 p.m.
Web Link: http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/ae/music/2014/jun/13/mercy-music-signs-licensing-deal-squidhat-records/
Chris Bitonti 