The Mercury Program

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Snapshot:: A Group with 6 releases. No members known.

The Mercury Program is an American musical group composed of Dave Lebleu on drums, Sander Travisano on bass guitar, Tom Reno on guitar, and Whit Travisano on vibraphone and piano. They are based in Gainesville, FL. The first three members formed a trio in August 1997 and Whit Travisano joined in late 1999.

Whilst their first two albums feature sparse, spoken vocals, with the release of the EP 'All the Suits Began to Fall Off' and onwards they become entirely instrumental. Their style is intricate and groove-led with many categorizing them as post-rock.

As the band members live in different cities across the United States, The Mercury Program took a much needed break after the release of 'Confines of Heat' in 2003. Over the next several years they worked on new material in a much more relaxed manner. But in October 2006, the band got back together and recorded a new record with Andy Baker in Athens GA. This much anticipated new record, named "Chez Viking" was released November 24, 2009 on Lovitt Records.

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