Nate Mercereau presents Fantastic Thoughts with Carlos Niño & Austin Williamson
Chicago
Complementing an already dizzying catalogue of solo releases, collaborations, and production/writing/instrumentation credits, FantasticThoughts is Nate Mercereau's clarion call. The sound of a thousand dams breaking simultaneously. A hootin' and hollering tantric affair that dares the listener, , 'rdquo' -> What if you did?'' What if you sang out with a resounding, heart-forward, 'YES!'' --- sang it with your whole chest?
If the beat poet abided by the maxim , 'rdquo' -> first thought, best thought, 'Fantastic Thoughts takes a claim on the plain of imaginary where every thought is best (yes, fantastic, even). The resultant record is, without fail, maximalist---overflowing with ideas, varied influence, hairpin turns, and recursive processes---but it is also wildly (one might even say transgressively) sincere, and not infrequently vulnerable.
From the first proggy breakdown of , 'rdquo' -> There's Something Here ...' (in many ways the album's thesis statement) to the whispered mantra of , 'rdquo' -> Resonant Angle, Seer Within,' we are borne atop a ceaselessly cresting wave of raw power and giddy delight. Mercereau's is a singular vision, and yet, to anyone who has doggedly pursued the music, these sounds, these choices, will be instantly familiar.
