Release
date: June 09th 2017. Label: Self Released. Format:
DD/Vinyl
Morning
– Tracklisting
1.Worlds Away 03:25
2.At The End 03:49
3.18 Weeks 04:44
4.Rivers 02:46
5.Can't Sleep 04:50
6.Burned 03:57
7.Mourning 06:15
8.Die In Love 03:25
9.In This Mask 04:57
10.Morning 03:47
Band
Members:
Zach Amster -Guitars
and Vox
Taylor Iversen -
Bass and Vox
Geoff Cotton - Drums
Review
Abrams new album -
Morning - is a heavier and more progressive record than their debut
album. Abrams focus more on aggression on this album though the album
is very melodic for certain parts of the album.
Opening track - Worlds
Away - comes straight at you with an almost hardcore punk sound
before the Sludge/Stoner Rock sounds become the main focus of the
entire the album. The vocals from have a spiky and vibrant feel to
them with the music flirting between heavy sludge rock grooves to the
more soulful stoner based riffs. Abrams have an almost classic
approach to song-writing on their music. As the lyrics make you feel
involved by telling an intriguing story whilst offering exciting and
muscular action packed sounds that will soon get under your skin.
Second track - At The
End - feels like it could have come off the most recent
Baroness/Mastodon albums whilst still sounding remarkably fresh and
original. The song drifts into more post-hardcore territory though
when the familiar Stoner Rock grooves appear, Abrams seem to be
taking lessons from Mos Generator, especially with the vocals. Add
these all together and you have one of the albums standout tracks.
The opening two tracks
show you what to expect on the rest of the album with Abrams sticking
to the same winning formula on the other eight tracks on the album.
Though that doesn't stop the band changing their sound on different
parts of the album. As the mood does become more progressive as time
goes by. Songs such as Rivers, Cant Sleep, Mourning, In This Mask and
Morning is where Abrams really excel at and perhaps when the album
truly comes to life in all its musical technicolor glory.
The album has many
moments of uplifting style sludge/stoner rock where the band add
elements of psychedelic/progressive rock to give the album a more
refined and highly emotional feel. One of the albums main strengths
is Abrams use of different genres and sounds on this album. It allows
the album to possess a real positive and hopeful message. I don't
know if that was the band's intention with this album but the song -
Rivers - will leave you in a more positive frame of mind with the
interchanging riffs moving from Post Rock to Stoner Rock and then to
a heavier style of Sludge Rock.
Even though I rate
Abrams debut album very highly, there were certain parts on that
record where I wanted the band to play heavier sounds and not the
mellower riffs that actually appeared on this album. Abrams have no
such worries on this album. They've created an almost perfect balance
between the heavier and mellower sounds that appear on the album. It
makes Morning a more interesting and exciting album than their
acclaimed debut album. Though listening to that album for the very
first time in a long while, maybe I judged it too harshly.
Morning feels and
sounds like a natural progression from their debut album. Morning is
a truly exciting and outstanding album on all counts.
Words
by Steve Howe
