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

Sometimes the fairy-lit upstairs room of a crammed Stoke Newington pub can become the centre of the musical world; when time stands still on the brush of a drum or the stroke of a cello bow - especially when Amity Dunn sings. Her voice demands rapt attention, urges the pre-Xmas buzz to stop dead, drop everything and pay close heed to the power in the words she directs right into the soul.

Morning Bride songs have a bittersweet joy which transcend their
inherent melancholy. Mark Pearson's lyrics cover all the bases of pain
and loss - railway station romantic terminations, New Year suicide,
even a shared death rattle - but as this is Anglo-Americana, the pathos is tinted with the vibrant sound of mother Hackney's urban bustle and a promise of salvation as much as it is with Pete Bennett's timelessly heartfelt blues guitar.

They make damn fine gingerbread too.