“…the vocal performance is spot on, as are the songs and general ‘feel’. The closest touchstone is Ray La Montagne and Little Light is well worth a listen if you’re into that pared back singer/songwriter angst genre.”
Pete Whalley
Get Ready to Rock
“Soulful acoustic workouts delivered with a sultry voice deserving your attention.”
“Kris Morris grew up in a coastal town just north of Sydney as he grew older the bright lights and big smoke of London beckoned and he soon moved to merry old England.
Morris took a bold step on his debut EP ‘Little Light’, he sung unaccompanied on the opening track ‘Broken’. His powerful voice rings out the speakers, his lyrics seem heartfelt and sincere, it’s the sort of song that will make your mum cry. ‘Broken’ sets the pace for the rest of the EP. All the songs on ‘Little Light’ are incredibly sincere and honest, the sad strumming of his acoustic guitar provides the perfect backing to his melodic vocals. If any more instrumental work was added to this EP the full impact of Morris’s voice and lyrics would be lost.
‘Little Light’ is one of the most deepest and moving EPs I have heard in a while and with the likes of Scott Matthews becoming more and more popular it wont be long before Kris Morris is a household name with an instantly recognisable voice.”
11/13
Tara Couper
RoomThirteen
Link to review
“There’s few people who have a strong enough voice to have unaccompanied parts on the first song of their first EP. Kris Morris is certainly one of them though. Broken is a song to warm the coldest of hearts.
This EP is one of the most sincere and heartfelt collection of songs I’ve heard in a while, and I’d challenge anyone not to get something from it. 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 (The View’s declaration of their unwashed clothes, Maximo Park’s heart–on–sleeve relationship analysis) 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.
Why this man had to release his own EP is an absolute mystery/travesty. Someone sign him. Now.”
Catriona Boyle
Tasty Fanzine
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Thrilled and honoured that Little Light has been chosen to be on the Burnside Writers Summer Mixtape. This is what they said about the track:
“Little Light from Kris Morris, reminded one of our editors of the sticky Louisiana summer nights of his childhood. The song’s power to invoke became even more remarkable when we learned that Morris is Australian-born and London-based and, as far as we know, has never lived in the bayou.”
Thats very true. I had to look up bayou on Wikipedia.
The other good news is that means you can download the track for free (as well as the other fantastic mix tape tracks) from here.
Great news that the tunes are starting to get a run on radio around the place. Its been playlisted at a few stations and I’ve also just been invited to do a live set / interview at BBC Radio Wales sometime in July. Cool!
“From the north coast of Australia, Kris Morris brings us a mix of acoustic, country/ folk music. This is a lovely, honest EP, capturing the essence of hope as well as fear. Influences such as Bob Dylan, Ray Lamontagne and Ryan Adams definitely shine through.”
Stevie Hopwood
Xpression FM 87.7
“Ah now thats great. I really enjoyed that, I think he’s got a very interesting voice, a unique sound to it and I do like the songs he writes.”
Frank Hennessy
BBC Radio Wales
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