Nate Mercereau - Accelerator (live)

Nate Mercereau plays a version of Accelerator by the lake in Crestline, California. Directed by Jacob Sutton Cinematography by Roderick Philipp Audio Recorded by Ken Barrientos From 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 - https://leavingrecords.com/fantastic-... - available September 11th ‘Music is a Possible Reality Accelerator, I can go into ideas and feelings beyond words. I can go anywhere at any time. Radiant thoughts and feelings.’ - Nate Mercereau ___ Complementing an already dizzying catalogue of solo releases, collaborations, and production/writing/instrumentation credits, Fantastic Thoughts is Nate Mercereau’s clarion call. The sound of a thousand dams breaking simultaneously. A hootin’ and hollering tantric affair that dares the listener, “What if you did?’” What if you sang out with a resounding,heart-forward, ‘YES!’” — sang it with your whole chest? If the beat poets abided by the maxim “first thought, best thought,” Fantastic Thoughts stakes 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 “There’s Something Here” (in many ways the album’s thesis statement) to the whispered mantra of “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. “Fantastic Thoughts is about Radical Possible Realities. There is so much going on here … the potential of imagination is monumental and radical. I'm talking about the most tuned-in life affirming aspirational thought shredding connections from the most dazzling creation energy possible — because we're making this all the time, and it is real, and will become more real the more it's felt and shared. Imagination is the thing.”