Archive for March, 2008
March 31, 2008 at 9:33 am · Filed under Reviews
“What Kris Morris has that many of his contemporaries don’t have is a really distinctive voice that he uses extremely well; such that when you hear this guy you remember hearing him!! ‘Someone Sometimes’ is Kris Morris’ new single and it’s a real worker, a real gritty piece that’s just far enough removed from the ‘norm’ yet also sufficiently familiarly familiar.
What I like about Kris Morris is the way he sets his decently gravely voice against bright instrumentation - sort of juxtaposed yet totally harmonious, if that makes sense!! I suppose the nearest comparable established artist, in terms of sound and style, to Kris Morris would have to be Ray Lamontagne - and hey that’s gotta be cool! Morris may even be a little more ‘tangible’ than Lamontagne, easier to get into. Certainly, the time may be just right for Kris Morris to make a justified assault on the popularity ‘charts’ - vocally he sounds ready to me and I definitely think he’s got the material that people are gonna like and identify with.
‘Someone Sometimes’ by Kris Morris is a crackin’ single and fully deserves to do well - Morris gives a great performance and the song is strong, earthy and just about on the acceptable side of grittily commercial. ‘Someone Sometimes’ builds beautifully and has enough hooks to make it happen - a really good and sufficiently cool work that might just sneak up enough people to cause a bit of a stir - I love it - hope you do too!!”
Peter J Brown
www.toxicpete.co.uk
March 16, 2008 at 2:33 pm · Filed under Past Gigs
11 Mar 2008
The Goldhawk Sessions
I really enjoyed this gig so much. There are still cool folks out there putting on music nights for the love! Lee Gordon is such a fellow, a really gracious host putting on a really fantastic, chilled out night in a really cool space. Special mentions must go to little Kelly Jones (Stereophonics) for leaving just before we played and missing the gig of his life, tuberider’s sister (for being tuberider’s sister), Jennifer for being the best music promoter in the business, Matt Weeks for laying down some great chops on the wurlitzer, my wife for being cute and ordering the most wrong looking plate of nachos ever created and taking this cool photo, and Matt Weeks again for the lift home. Was fantastic to do a few new songs and just let it rip. Heck - what a fun night!!!
March 3, 2008 at 12:17 pm · Filed under General
Funny to spot a copy of Little Light on Ebay this morning! The seller appears to be a ‘Tony Snell’. A little googling shows that he may be a DJ up at the BBC in Liverpool, so no doubt he offloads all the promo CD’s he gets. Seems a bit cheeky. Anyway, best of luck bidding on the auction. Alternatively feel free to grab a copy from me!
March 3, 2008 at 11:59 am · Filed under Reviews
“You’d be forgiven for not having heard of Kris Morris, though you might be surprised when you see how far his music has reached. He’s just done a series of live sessions for BBC Radio Wales, Manchester and London, and has been working his way through UK venues, spreading his work. This EP is a very strong collection of songs which show good musicianship and songwriting. Being an EP it contains only five songs, but there’s enough here to make you look forward to the first full album. The title track is one of the most outstanding, with a very memorable melody and thought provoking lyrics such as, “In the darkest places, all you need is a little light.” “Other Side” is equally good, showing strong influence from Bob Dylan in its simple but catchy chorus. He begins the EP with a brave but confident unaccompanied vocal part, on “Broken”, though it works well. His voice is unusual, but if you’re prepared to give it a chance you should find it fits the music well. I’m genuinely looking forward to Kris’ first full album.”
8/10
Cross Rhythms
