MEKONS - The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strnen LP garage liner notes and interview with

liner notes and interview with Eric Cope

garage-leaning mess that seems to catapult between backing the obnoxious dual-vocal assault and ramping up the speed towards a proto-hardcore feel at times

this album was recorded by Meg herself

created during and after two contrasting residencies in the Azores

“All three things: the album

MEKONS - The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strnen LP garage liner notes and interview withLiner notes by Simon Reynolds. Highly recommended. Simon Reynolds writes, The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strnen got a mixed reception at the time. Listening to it now, though, the first LP sounds more of a piece with the bands early punk singles. Whats striking is the commonality of sound across the three key Leeds groups of that moment (Gang Of Four, Delta 5 and The Mekons). There are textural affinities in terms of scrawny abrasiveness and a general