The Mercy Cage is melodic elektro-darkwave/cyber-noir from New Zealand. Formed in early 1999, debut album Wire in 2000. 2nd album, Rust: A Fiction – Stories From The Black Room released on Mediatrix in late 2001. Album number 3, the groups first north american domestic release on DSBP entitled “Scree: Transmissions” released in May 2005.
“Scree: Transmissions is a record about inter-personal relationships in the digital age. It’s about the ascendency of the cult of celebrity, and it’s about the search for a deeper meaning in an accelerated culture…”
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…is the title of a new compilation featuring an exclusive new track from the mercy cage, ‘The Jewellery Thief’. ‘something wicked this way comes’ release party @ kings arms, auckland NZ June 20th. featuring the mercy cage, N.U.T.E, this theory of static & nullity live. tickets $10 at the door.
australian synthpop act The Tenth Stage have a new album out, Grand Guginol. they’ve also released a remix album entitled Tales From The Casket containing a remix of the song “travelogue” by the mercy cage.
‘she’s lost: an underground new zealand music recovery expedition’ is a unique free downloadable compilation CD featuring some of NZ’z finest dark-end bands performing cover versions of their favourite new zealand songs. includes the mercy cage covering the headless chickens ‘ expecting to fly’, & melody fallen’s take on the chills ‘pink frost’.
