Austin's Mirror Travel unveils their first video for "Stoner" off their debut album, Mexico, which is out now on Modern Outsider Records!

Mirror Travel's debut LP, Mexico, is out now on Modern Outsider Records!

Last Friday, Esquire debuted their first video for "Stoner" saying that "Mexico crackles with a loudly amplified mysticism that should resonate with anyone who's ever vibed out to Neil Young & Crazy Horse's Zuma or pretty much anything from the Kyuss catalog."

Watch and share the video for "Stoner" here!
 

Early Press for Mexico:
"Swirling, scuzz-rock..." The FADER

"Green's warm, smooth vocals are offset by throbbing percussion and guitar-driven melodies for a result that sounds a little like the lovechild of Asobi Seksu and Blouse. The album is fuzzy garage-pop at its finest, perfect for foggy fall days like this one." NYLON
"...shows some of the psychedelic touches, grit and darkness that make bands like fellow-Austin-ites Black Angels, True Widow, and Royal Thunder so enthralling." NOISEY
"Mirror Travel knows psych rock and they aren’t afraid to drench your ears in it." INDIE SHUFFLE
"...a fuzzy guitar-groove that defies gravity." SPIN
"A stylish fusion of heavy garage rock and indie guitar pop capped with Green's warm, melodic vocals, Mexico may be long-overdue as a debut disc, but it's entirely worth the wait." AUSTIN CHRONICLE
"...real genuine guitar gold that remains one of the greatest TX exports around." IMPOSE
"Their loose, grungey rock sounds as if it was dreamed up in a galaxy far many miles from here though, with Lauren Green’s vocals possessing an  otherworldly quality to them that is likely to draw comparisons to Cat Power." THE FLY
"Mexico finds the band sharpening their jangly garage pop on a psychedelic edge." GIMME TINNITUS
"...smolders with post-punk aggression, but there’s also something narcotic about it." KUTX

 

For the past four years, Follow That Bird was one of the most buzzed about bands from their hometown of Austin, Texas. And considering how many bands are packed into that one city, that ain't faint praise. They were picked by Matador Records to be the lead single on the 2010 Austin-only compilation Casual Victim Pile, and snapped up enough accolades that Bill Callahan picked them to be his openers for a string of dates and ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead ask them to be the opening act on their full tour of the Western US last summer.

After that...everything went a little awry. The band's label folded, taking with it the money to record their debut full-length. But instead of seeing that as a major roadblock, the trio saw it as the perfect chance to forge their own path. With it came a new band name - Mirror Travel - and a chance to further strengthen their belief in the power of the music they were creating together. Or as Tiffanie Lanmon put it, "We had to walk into the desert and do things our way."

The desert Lanmon (drums) is referring to is the one that surrounds Marfa, Texas, where the she, Paul Brinkley (bass/vocals) and Lauren Green (guitar/vocals) decamped for two weeks to record with Gory Smelley (YACHT, Eleanor Friedberger, Grouper) at Marfa Recording Studio. It was just the isolating experience the band needed to bring their album Mexico into the world.

The results? One of the most warmly engaging records you're likely to hear this year. With Smelley's help, Mirror Travel were able to more fully embrace the dreamy garage pop sound that got them to where they are today.

Opener "Sands" may give the impression of a band lost in a shoegazer wilderness, but let the punchy Nuggets-style bassline and reverb-slathered drive of the next track "I Want You To Know" shove aside all those preconceptions. The rest of Mexico flows by with the same steady gaze and attack, with occasional upticks and dips in tempo and temperature.

Looked at as a complete package, Mexico is a document of a trio who, as their name change would suggest, are taking themselves more seriously and looking at the road ahead with much more purpose and intent. Like the long drives between tour stops and the seemingly endless desert that helped inspire these songs, you're meant to drink this album in slowly, steadily, and with your eye fixed on the horizon.

Mexico is out October 15th, 2013 on Modern Outsider Records!