About
Kris Morris is a singer, songwriter and guitar player who has found his way back home to Australia having gigged regularly in London and around the UK for seven years, playing venues including Union Chapel Islington, The Bedford, The Halfmoon Putney, Betsey Trotwood, Electroacoustic Club, the Cobden Club, FOPP Records Tottenham Court Rd, and many others. Kris also did numerous live radio sessions for BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Manchester and BBC Radio London.
Kris’s debut EP Little Light, released in early 2007, was recorded in two days in a friend’s back room. It received strong reviews drawing comparisons to artists such as Ray Lamontagne, Ryan Adams, Neil Finn and Bob Dylan. Much too was said of the honesty and passion of the songs and performance.
“Incredibly sincere and honest, the sad strumming of his acoustic guitar provides the perfect backing to his melodic vocals. It wont be long before Kris Morris is a household name with an instantly recognisable voice.”
RoomThirteen
“The simple melancholic strumming of the acoustic provides Kris will all the backing his voice needs. Whilst its unfair to say there’s no honesty in music these days there’s only a few people who actually go a little deeper, particularly into the not so pleasant things, but Little Light articulates this perfectly.”
Tasty Fanzine
Kris’s musical journey was summed up superbly in his debut album I Think We Both Know. Recorded at Rush House, a beautiful Victorian hunting lodge in rural England, the album was recorded organically as the band arranged the songs on the fly. It was a special week where music echoed around every room from dusk till dusk. The songs are intimate, soft, raw, honest, big, close, epic . . . the sounds are lush and beautiful. It seems fitting too that the album master was delivered just days before the flight back to Australia. Seven years of hopes and heartaches summed up in one beautiful gift to take home.
“‘I Think We Both Know’ is a phrase that often signals a new beginning. The time to reflect is over, the time to act is now. Morris’ writing captures that sense of uncertainty and turns it into music. Consequently the album is edgy and blue, cathartic and positive, tough love and kindness. It lives on the nerve and jangles.”
FATEA
“…the time and effort he has put into this craft shines through on this accomplished and mature singer / songwritery thing. People who know about such things have compared him to the likes of Ray Lamontagne and Ryan Adams, but being a fan of neither, I would say that’s damning him with faint praise, as I would much rather listen to this.”
THE ROCKER
Kris is performing with EVVY, writing with GOLDTOP and some other artists, and working on new solo material.
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