Hey Mercedes announce vinyl reissues of full discography + UK shows w/ Braid

Hey Merceds (photo by Per Schorn)

Hey Mercedes returned for their first show since 2017 at Best Friends Forever 2025, and since then they’ve been staying active on the road. They’ve now announced a few shows with one of Bob Nanna’s other projects, Braid, this summer. The trio of UK dates in July follow Hey Mercedes’ Japanese tour in April and May. Tickets are on sale now, and you can see all dates below.

Hey Mercedes are also reissuing their entire recorded output, newly remastered for vinyl by Chicago Mastering Service, and due out via Polyvinyl on March 27. 2001’s Everynight Fireworks (which we named one of the best emo albums of 2001 with the companion Weekend EP); 2003’s long out-of-print Loses Control; and their first EP, 2000’s Hey Mercedes, and final EP, 2005’s Unorchestrated, getting their first vinyl pressing on a single LP; are available to pre-order now in the BV Shop.

The Unorchestrated EP has also been released to streaming services for the first time, and you can listen below.

Here’s what Andrew wrote about Everynight Fireworks in our list of the 20 best emo albums of 2001:

When Braid broke up, guitarist/secondary vocalist Chris Broach formed The Firebird Band, and the remaining three members — frontman Bob Nanna, bassist Todd Bell, and drummer Damon Atkinson — recruited guitarist Mark Dawursk of Alligator Gun and continued on as Hey Mercedes. They recorded it with Jawbox’s J. Robbins, who had also produced Braid’s classic 1998 swan song Frame & Canvas, and in many ways, it picked up where Frame & Canvas left off. It’ll never be considered as important as that album was, but Bob Nanna & co. had gotten even better at what they do, and Everynight Fire Works proved it. The songs were sharper and catchier than most of what Braid had done, and Bob Nanna’s voice had actually gotten kind of pretty at this point — a noticeable progression from his raspy yelps in Braid. There were, of course, fans who missed Braid’s more shambolic sound, but it was tough to deny how strong the songwriting on Everynight Fire Works was. These were just great, anthemic rock songs, and they helped predict the path emo would be on throughout the 2000s. It established Bob Nanna & co not just as underrated forebears of the emo boom, but as one of the era’s best active bands.

Read the full list here.