Mercury Rev

★★★★ All Is Dream CHERRY RED. CD/DL

Following 1998’s Deserter’s Songs, All Is Dream added epic and Bowie flourishes to the Rev’s meld of shoegaze and cosmic Americana. Muppet-voiced Jonathan Donahue dances with the faeries; Tony Visconti brings big strings; three extra discs offer B-sides, live versions, plus an entire 11-song Black Session from Paris in 2001; everyone on blazing form.