The Light in You

The Light in You is the eighth studio album by American rock band Mercury Rev, released on September 18, 2015, by Bella Union. The Light in You is the band's first entirely self-produced and recorded album, as well as the first not to be produced by longtime collaborator Dave Fridmann.

Critical reception
Upon its release, The Light in You received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 75 based on 14 reviews.

Personnel

 * Mercury Rev
 * Jonathan Donahue — lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, transistor organ, bells, chimes, orchestral arrangements
 * Grasshopper — Cabronita electric guitar, harmony vocals, electric sitar, National steel mandolin, clarinet, Moon-glo organ, vibraphone, Perico percussion, Gretsch kit drums; lead vocals (track 10)
 * Additional personnel
 * Jennifer Donovan – violin
 * Jesse Chandler — pianos, harmony vocals, flutes, woodwinds
 * Anthony Molina — bass, harmony vocals, piano
 * Scott Petito — Hofner bass, electric sitar, electric guitar
 * Jason Miranda — drums
 * Hari Prakaash — gong
 * Ken Stringfellow — vocals
 * Aden Stringfellow — vocals
 * Vanessa Gray — vocals (tracks 1, 5, 11)
 * Alise Marie — vocals (tracks 3, 4, 6)
 * Rebecca Bortman — vocals (track 8)
 * Nicole Atkins — vocals (tracks 10, 11)