Wed 15 Mar 2006
interview with mark
Source: essex chronicle

Who are you, where are you from...and why do you exist?

We are Morning Bride, thanks for asking. We hail from various holes in the northern hemisphere, but London town is our common denominator (and our burden). We exist because, with the world the way it is these days, it would be rude not to.

Your music has been compared to...?

hmm, Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra, Mazzy Star, 'Automatic...' period REM, Kate Bush, 'Jehovahkill' era Julian Cope, Rilo Kiley/Jenny Lewis, Leonard Cohen, the softer Velvets stuff...........

But you'd prefer to be compared to...?

We really don't mind - without sounding snotty, nobody sounds like us anyway.

Influences?

Really too many to mention, but ex-girlfiends are unwittingly very helpful when it comes to the songwriting process.

Achievements/highlights?

I'll hazard a guess that Wednesday the 15th will be a shining highlight. Making it this far with smiles on our faces is quite an achievement.

How important are nights like the Chelmsford Americana night to your band?

Extremely important. The people who run nights like Alter States, and e.g The Gilded Palace of Sin in Brighton, do it because they truly love music, and care about it enough to provide a platform for the grassroots to flourish. The audiences in towns like Chelmsford are always better also - we make far more of an effort to really communicate our music at shows like this. Often less so in cynical, over-egged cities like London, where everybody likes to think they've seen it all before and therefore disappear up their own a****s.

What defines 'Americana' anyway? Are you happy with that description?

I don't know what defines it, for all I know it could be a pizza, but labelling disperate genres is never easy and so i sympathise with those who use it as a catch-all. Authenticity is in the ears of the listener. And Amity (lead singer) is as American as illegal FBI torture techniques, so that'll do for us.

What can Chelmsford expect from Morning Bride on Wednesday (March 15th) ?

Beauty, passion, heartache and pleasant aromas.

Been to Essex before?

I bolted out of the city and spent a very happy year living at the Naze in 2002, doing nothing except walking, enjoying the wildlife and writing songs, and I still get out there as often as I can. So Essex has a little corner of my heart under house arrest.

What does success mean to you?

writing and playing songs that we love to people who open up enough to be affected by them.

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