Mercury Transfer — The Memory Mine
Released October 10, 2025
From Ridgecrest, California
Post-Rock / Shoegaze
With The Memory Mine, Ridgecrest-based Mercury Transfer deliver a record that feels both intimate and immense — a luminous collision of post-rock atmosphere and shoegaze density. It’s an album built from solitude and reflection, yet it unfolds with cinematic scale, tracing the fragile line between memory and oblivion.
Written, performed, and largely engineered by Ryan Smith — who handles vocals, guitar, bass, and drums — The Memory Mine bears the imprint of a singular creative vision. Recorded between Two Hundred and Forty Seven Studios and Joshua Hall in Ridgecrest, and mixed by Smith himself, the album achieves a raw authenticity that captures both the precision of studio craft and the immediacy of emotion. The record’s final polish comes from Carl Saff at Saff Mastering in Chicago, whose mastering gives the sound both depth and clarity.
Guest performances from Drew Saxton (lead guitar on TRIPPS) and River VanDusen (additional vocals on JACKIE DAYTONA) add texture and nuance, enriching the album’s emotional palette without breaking its sense of isolation.
Musically, The Memory Mine moves through layers of shimmering guitars, submerged vocals, and vast instrumental builds — songs that begin as whispers and expand into tidal surges of distortion. It’s music for remembering and for letting go, for wandering through the echo chambers of the past.
In The Memory Mine, Mercury Transfer find beauty in erosion — proof that even what fades can still resonate, reverberating long after it’s gone.
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