Wed 14 Dec 2005
DEBUT SINGLE LAUNCH PARTY, 12th november 2005
Source: frequency

Saturday night and The Others is jam-packed- what was a freezing, damp, stone-walled building scant minutes earlier has become a furnace, as the great and the good of Stoke Newington come together to celebrate the launch of the debut single from local heroes Morning Bride.

You could, I guess, if you were the sort of person who did such things, describe them as "alt.Country" (but please don't: I despise that "alt." prefix with a passion that verges on the homicidal). What they clearly are, however, is heartbreak and longing, whisky and loss. Waiting for a phone that never rings, or a train too far away that never comes. Floating in the stars but looking down on the gutters.

Lead singer Amity Dunn's haunted vocals, fragile one moment, strident the next, tell stories of doomed romance over twanging guitars and a good solid rhythm section.
And they're catchy as all hell. No sooner have you realised you're not gonna be getting this tune out of your head for weeks, it's washed away by another, equally as engaging. And it's all rather lovely, in a melancholy sort of way.

Note I said "melancholy", not "depressing"- for all the pain in these songs, they're suffused with beauty, lifted by dreams.

The last few months have seen Morning Bride go from strength to strength, with a series of increasingly dynamic gigs which have seen them building up a good set of "every one a winner" songs. There's no filler here, no time to look at your watch (or to go the the toilet- another reason this band suit whiskey so well, rather than, say, lager...)- each individual track is a thing of beauty.

I can only imagine it must have been a real bitch trying to isolate two for the single, the first track from which ("Isabelline)", of course, gets a good airing (and is played again as the encore, because "we messed it up"- I don't think anyone noticed. I certainly didn't. But fuck it, any excuse to hear it again- and it was what everyone was there for, after all).

And, of course, its companion piece, in which the Jehovahkill-era Cope-style male vocal slides sleazily into the wonderfully insistent girl-pop of the chorus. But it's the glorious "Blue-Eyed Boy", always a favourite of their live set, that gets the best reception- and we can only hope this one gets committed to CD at some point in the near future, if only for its wonderful three-part harmonic climax.

Notoriously hard-working, The Bride will no doubt be playing somewhere within days of you reading this review, and I honestly think you could do worse than check them out, if you have any kind of soul at all. Rarely will your heart have been broken quite so delicately.

-Deuteronemu 90210, from the bottom of a bottle of Jack.-

Tue 3 Jun 2008
live preview - Bonanza
Source: Bonanza

Fri 9 May 2008
LIVE REVIEW
Source: THE INDEPENDENT

Wed 5 Mar 2008
GREETINGS FROM ABNEY PARK, N16
Source: PLAN B MAGAZINE

Tue 4 Mar 2008
PLAN B LIVE REVIEW, FEB 2008 ISSUE
Source: PLAN B MAGAZINE

Fri 1 Feb 2008
Live
Source: ALTER STATES

Tue 11 Dec 2007
Live at Hot Burrito, Newport, Wales
Source: soundsnew.com

Wed 7 Nov 2007
live review

Mon 15 Oct 2007
LEA VALLEY DELTA BLUES
Source: HERE COMES THE FLOOD webzine

Mon 8 Oct 2007
LIVE AT THE FAVERSHAM, LEEDS 2007
Source: RAWKSTAR.NET

Tue 2 Oct 2007
LEA VALLEY DELTA BLUES
Source: 17 SECONDS webzine

Mon 1 Oct 2007
LEA VALLEY DELTA BLUES - ALBUM OF THE MONTH
Source: soundsnew.com

Sat 18 Aug 2007
LEA VALLEY DELTA BLUES
Source: NOIZE MAKES ENEMIES webzine

Fri 17 Aug 2007
LEA VALLEY DELTA BLUES
Source: NET RHYTHMS webzine

Sat 14 Jul 2007
LEA VALLEY DELTA BLUES
Source: THE WORD MAGAZINE

Wed 6 Jun 2007
LEA VALLEY DELTA BLUES
Source: Song, by Toad webzine

Wed 23 May 2007
LEA VALLEY DELTA BLUES
Source: SOUNDSXP.COM

Mon 21 May 2007
LEA VALLEY DELTA BLUES
Source: PICCADILLY RECORDS

Mon 7 May 2007
LEA VALLEY DELTA BLUES
Source: AMERICANA UK

Thu 19 Apr 2007
LEA VALLEY DELTA BLUES
Source: ROCK N REEL MAGAZINE

Sun 1 Apr 2007
LEA VALLEY DELTA BLUES
Source: N16 MAGAZINE

Mon 5 Mar 2007
LEA VALLEY DELTA BLUES
Source: PLAN B MAGAZINE

Sun 4 Mar 2007
LEA VALLEY DELTA BLUES
Source: FREQUENCY ONLINE

Thu 1 Mar 2007
LEA VALLEY DELTA BLUES
Source: ORGAN MAGAZINE

Fri 2 Feb 2007
LEA VALLEY DELTA BLUES
Source: SUBTER.COM

Mon 29 Jan 2007
'TIME DELAY'
Source: Partly Porpoise ezine

Sun 28 Jan 2007
'TIME DELAY'
Source: indie-mp3.co.uk

Thu 11 Jan 2007
LIVE AT ALTER STATES, December 2006
Source: americana UK

Wed 15 Nov 2006
interview with mark
Source: antivirus review

Wed 15 Mar 2006
interview with mark
Source: essex chronicle

Mon 20 Feb 2006
LIVE AT WHAT'S COOKIN', 1st february 2006
Source: artrocker magazine

Fri 13 Jan 2006
live preview
Source: the gilded palace of sin

Tue 10 Jan 2006
'ISABELLINE' / 'REPLICA' by rob barnett
Source: music-news.com

Wed 14 Dec 2005
DEBUT SINGLE LAUNCH PARTY, 12th november 2005
Source: frequency

Mon 5 Dec 2005
LIVE AT RYAN'S BAR, 25th november 2005
Source: music-news.com

Thu 10 Nov 2005
'ISABELLINE' / 'REPLICA' by Richard Fontenoy
Source: N16 magazine

Wed 10 Aug 2005
LIVE AT THE SPITZ 18th july 2005
Source: spitz website

Mon 25 Jul 2005
LIVE AT THE SPITZ, 18th july 2005 by Lilly Novak
Source: Frequency