Pelican - AscendingLtd Mountain Ore Vinyl Pelican has always been a band thats not just from Chicago, but distinctly of Chicago. Formed in 2000 by guitarists Trevor Shelley de Brauw and Laurent Schroeder Lebec alongside brothers Bryan and Larry Herweg on bass and drums respectively, Pelicans foundation was built upon the rule free, genre agnostic scene synonymous with the Fireside Bowl. With Schroeder Lebec returning to the band following Dallas Thomas departure in

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and jazzy horn solos

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spaceships launch into the deep space

where guitarist Tashi Dorji and saxophonist Patrick Shiroishi amplify the squall

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and lyrics inspired by real-life horrors such as war

who spit out riffs and solos better than any band since the Rolling Stones

and a lot of it is heavy as fuck

Mercy is the continuation of a long career’s work with wonder