“May The Landing Come Softly Tour” arrives at Mercury Lounge as a compact Rock/Pop set framed by the room’s long role as a proving ground for emerging acts in New York. Featured performer Sydney Ross Mitchell brings songs built for close listening, where melody carries the story and the band keeps the pace plain. In a city that treats small stages as laboratories, the tour reads like a study in how live arrangements change a recording’s meaning. One clear takeaway is its restraint, which lets the writing do the work.