Video: “Broken” at the Living Room Sessions
Live at the Living Room Sessions on April 7, 2008. Bought to you by weeksweeksweeks.
Video: “Its Ok” at the Living Room Sessions
A new one - gospel choir anyone? Live at the Living Room Sessions on April 7, 2008. Bought to you by weeksweeksweeks.
Video: “Little Light” at The Living Room Sessions
Live at the Living Room Sessions on April 7, 2008. Bought to you by weeksweeksweeks.
Video: “Cling to You” at The Living Room Sessions
Live at the Living Room Sessions on April 7, 2008. Bought to you by weeksweeksweeks.
Someone Sometimes Review: Rhythm and Booze
“…The track is a stunning heartfelt, soul-searching slab of stripped down indie rock, complete with melodic emotion fuelled vocals and a stunning combination of strummed acoustic and chiming electric guitar.
There may be hundreds of singer-songwriters out there, but few can express their feelings with such honesty and sincerity, whereas every word uttered by Kris Morris, on this release, wrenches at the heart strings. If this is the shape of things to come you can expect to be hearing a great deal more from Kris in the future.”
9/10
Video: Someone Sometimes
Someone Sometimes - Kris Morris shot by weeksweeksweeks.com. Download the high res single on May 5th - as well as an additional bonus mix. And whatever else we can find around the house.
Living Room Sessions
7 April 2008
Living Room Sessions
weeksweeksweeks
What a fantastic night. A small room, great friends, a tasty acoustic set by Shackleton, a lovely new guitar, a brilliant band vibe with Dan and Matt, new songs that went down well, lots of laughs between songs - just a fantastic night. The gig was filmed too so as soon as I can I’ll get the footage up here. In the meantime you can check some photos on Flickr.
Someone Sometimes Review: Subba Cultcha
“Impressive stab at Grunge/stadium balladry, for fans of Counting Crows, Kris Morris is incredibly assured & potent with his songcraft, especially for someone so new to the scene.”
Subba Cultcha
Someone Sometimes Review: Fatea
“We’re hoping that Kris Morris gets to release a full album soon, because with “Someone Sometimes” and it’s predecessor, “Little Light”, he’s shown that he knows how to put an ep together. His Antipodean beginnings contrast the Americana tinged acoustic blues pop/rock that he’s built his sound around. Kris’ voice can slide along the soft and gentle to the powerful and dominating with ease. It gives his material power and passion. It allows him to rage without losing control, drop from anger to self bereavement. You can feel why he’s angry and himself and what it’s cost him.”
Someone Sometimes Review: Toxic Pete
“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
