Dash the Henge are excited to announce the vinyl release of Mercy an innovative record featuring the legendary Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and the work of Peter Harris and Fritz Catlin, out on the 28th of February 2025, pre-order here. It will be preceded by vibrant visual representations of key tracks ‘Reggae Poison’,’Row Fisherman/Whale Song’ and ‘This is Hell’ created by Peter Harris and Llyr Williams.
“I always saw Lee as a performance artist rather than a musician in the traditional sense, so this conceptual backing feels like a more accurate setting for his stream of conscious performance art,” Peter Harris explained.
“There is an attention to Lee’s history here too, something that elevates the musical collage with the echoes informed by albums like Super Ape where earlier tracks were recorded over again. In ‘Big Fish,’ the lyrics pay homage to Bob Marley’s ‘Small Axe’ and the tune references Perry’s version of ‘Sugar Sugar,’ which he recorded with the Silvertones. Although the structure might seem chaotic, the songs were crafted over a long period of time and the approach was the same as making a painting, where foundations are worked on then painted over and over until it is full wrested.”
Nathan Saoudi (founder Dash The Henge/Fat White Family) boils it down. “It’s kind of quintessential outsider music – I can’t explain what they are doing, but they have a why, and that’s enough. That’s why I needed to get involved.”
A unique vinyl edition with double-sided colour inserts and distinctive artwork, out on the 24th of February 2025, pre-order here.
