Morph

Morph's second collection of songs, ''Lazy'', shows an unexpected but effective evolution of their sound. The vocalist's sonorous and versatile voice is again the highlight, and, on the title track, they utilize his talents to full effect on a song that could only be compared to the late-nite jazz balladeering of Ella Fitzgerald or similar ' a slowly swinging groove and a soul-fuelled vocal ' the only concession to modernity being the languid scratching in the breaks. A band that continue to push the boundaries in all the best possible ways. (BrynR)

A bruised and beautiful voice unfurls, yet again, on the rockier Lonely Friend and the simply divine I'll Sail Away. The latter, an acoustic/folk offering, bares testimony to Morph's scope and vision. With echoes of the best of Simon and Garfunkel, this is definitely a potential b-side/how the hell can this be just a b-side?!! shocker. See The Smiths'

Streetlife is a poetic, dreamlike song of isolation sung beautifully to emphasise a consuming sense of melancholy. The production lays down distanced hip-hop breaks, delicate, echoing guitar plucks and emerging organs that never intrude open the vocal; pushing it to the fore so it can work its tender magic. Beautiful Lies follows a similar line of poignant musing sung with grace, leaving a gentle but memorable impression on the heart.

Biography

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Morph are almost a small riot. Seven guys making a lot of noise most of the time and for the last few years,or so, the band have been working hard - writing, recording and performing their unique,(ok,ok,..and eclectic),style of music.


The band was born at the start of the nineties out of a need for brothers Richard and Stephen to pen their own compositions, especially after Nirvana and Pearl Jam had then just unleashed their type of musical pain. Guitars were back in vogue then, guitars have never been out, but as the line up changed so did the direction of the music and other influences seeped in eventually shifting the Morph sound towards a funkier and more thoughtful groove.


There are literally hundreds of influences among seven blokes, everything is represented- blues, jazz, rock, rap and hip-hop, Motown, dance. The only missing style is Country and the boys are happy enough with that. If pushed they would cite The Beatles,(the only band, besides Air, that all seven of them can sit down and listen to together),Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC, Deep Purple, Prince, The Smiths, Radiohead and the other head...Portis..,De La Soul, Stevie Wonder and the list goes surely and steadily on and on and on.


From their cosy two room studio,(with working toilet and kitchen), located in the sticks, Morph have been recording quite listenable demo''''s. The first five have found their way onto here, this lovely peoplesound.com site and it has done wonders for the seven piece. Morph have always kept the gigging end of things up by playing in Dublin and nearly every venue big enough,(and not many were!), in and around Belfast. Most recently they played the mainland- Glasgow was good and The Cavern in Liverpool is almost a second home.<