Mercy Vibe liquified the lines between meditation and experimentation in Mercy’s Chill –

MERCY VIBE never keeps creativity on a leash, and in Mercy’s Chill, she floods the soundscape with a current strong enough to sweep the weight off your shoulders. The deep cut from the Midwest-hailing experimentalist and producer is a lucid state of being – one sculpted from soulful electronica, meditative polyhonia, and flickering 8-bit motifs that pull you into a plush subconscious drift.

This is not music you skim. It’s a full-bodied sensory wash that lets textures mellow, strike, and siren through the euphonic accord of her electronic arrangements. Far from the empty drift of generic ambient electronica, Mercy’s Chill is a temple of tonal meditation – a rare moment of complete resolve dressed in experimental jazz fusion. If escapism had a pulse, this would be its soundtrack. There’s a languid swing to every modulation and a tangible swell of soulful intent, keeping the synaptic weirdness grounded in something warm and resolute.

Mercy’s producer roots make her mastery of detail obvious – nothing is accidental. Every shift feels studied, though never clinical. She’s spent five years chipping away at genre lines, creating music that moves where it wants, when it wants. As an ASCAP member and vocal copyright advocate, Mercy’s got no interest in playing it safe. When she finds an idea worth exploring, she lets it unfold fully. If there were a full LP echoing the mind-slowing serenity of Mercy’s Chill, the stress endemic wouldn’t stand a chance.

Mercy’s Chill is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast