Hey Mercedes is a band I really didn’t learn much about until after they were pretty much over. The band was actually born out of the break up of influential 90s emo act Braid. The first song I heard from them a few years back was “Our Weekend Starts On Wednesday” from their debut Every Night Fireworks and later re-recorded for The Weekend EP. It’s a two and a half minute slice of excellent pop punk that had some pretty clever lyrics. I didn’t hear from them again until their 2003 album Loses Control. The first song on that record was the excellent “Quality Revenge At Last,” an extremely catchy tune that is quite verbose and uses some witty wordplay involving some suburbs of Chicago, the area the band is from. In 2004 I picked up the Vagrant Records sampler Another Year on the Streets, Vol. 3 because it had some rare tracks from some of my favorite bands like The Get Up Kids and Dashboard Confessional, but it also included today’s song. This is probably my favorite Hey Mercedes tune. It doesn’t really even have a strong hook, but I think the guitars sound amazing. It was re-released as the lead track of what would be the band’s final release the Unorchestrated EP. This CD also includes some b-sides and a live version of the title track (the original studio version is on Loses Control.) If you can find a copy of Another Year On the Streets, Vol. 3, I would suggest getting it. In addition to the rare tracks it also includes a DVD of great videos including the video for “Quality Revenge At Last.” Hey Mercedes is a band worth checking out even though they’re no longer around.
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Hey Mercedes is a band I really didn’t learn much about until after they were pretty much over. The band was actually born out of the break up of influential 90s emo act Braid. The first song I heard from them a few years back was “Our Weekend Starts On Wednesday” from their debut Every Night Fireworks and later re-recorded for The Weekend EP. It’s a two and a half minute slice of excellent pop punk that had some pretty clever lyrics. I didn’t hear from them again until their 2003 album Loses Control. The first song on that record was the excellent “Quality Revenge At Last,” an extremely catchy tune that is quite verbose and uses some witty wordplay involving some suburbs of 
Hey any idea where i can find some albums. None of my local shops have them anymore and i cant seem to find it online.
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