- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Morning Glory
Album: War Psalms
Label: Fat Wreck Chords
Playtime: 38:04 min
Genre: Punk
URL: http://www.facebook.com/morningglorynyc
Rip date: 2014-03-27
Street date: 2014-02-18
Size: 75.96 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 263 kbps / 4410Hz / Joint Stereo
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Morning Glory's third full-length is like a fist in the air; a rallying cry
for the kind of 'revolution rock' that New York punk scene vet Ezra Kire talks
about in the albumÆs second song, 'Standard Issue.' As ambitious as the band's
brand of spruced-up punk has been over the years, War Psalms is actually more
of a straight-ahead album from the Manhattan band, Kire leaving the faux-hawk
grandiosity of 2012's Poets Were My Heroes behind. Not to say that this is
three-chord punk rockùfar from itùbut War Psalms benefits from a shorter
running time (37 minutes) and a cohesive sound throughout.
Early songs like 'Natas Behind Me' and 'I Am A Machine Gun' sound like
later-era Propagandhi and A Wilhelm Scream fed through a coarse, street-punk
filter. Kire's knack for unpredictable songwriting gives the album staying
power without being too chaotic or all over the place. Rhythm-driven tracks
like 'Nationality Anthem,' which is basically a version of Green Day's
'Holiday' a crust punk would want to hear, sandwich nicely between the
metal-tinged riffing of heavier numbers like 'I Want Control' and the more
melodic, piano-penned numbers such as 'Punx Not Dead, I Am.' (In fact, Kire's
newfound love for tinkling the ivories is all over this album; even some of
the songs that donÆt feature him playing piano were written on the
instrument.) 'Know Your Wrongs,' a five-minute-plus opus that opens with a
heartstring-pulling piano run and Kire's spit-laden, impassioned vocals, shows
what Morning Glory are capable of: big, rambunctious rock songs with two feet
firmly planted in the underground. Not many bands can pull off a song like
this without sounding like goofballs.
While we hope the eponymous cry-out in 'War Dance' is a tribute to fellow New
Yorkers and thrash metal legends Anthrax, who made the same rousing
declaration in their song 'Indians,' it's more likely that Kire has tapped
deep into the same infectious energy that the notorious '90s mosh crew did.
Because, after all, no matter what the style or genre of the music, itÆs
passion that drives its power, and War Psalms is brimming with it.
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Calm And Alarm ( 1:09)
02. Standard Issue ( 3:17)
03. Natas Behind Me ( 1:11)
04. I Am Machine Gun ( 4:49)
05. Nationality Anthem ( 3:35)
06. I Want Control ( 2:34)
07. War Haka ( 0:35)
08. War Dance ( 4:43)
09. Punx Not Dead, I Am ( 4:12)
10. Karry On ( 1:09)
11. This Kool Aid Is Delicious ( 1:44)
12. Know Your Wrongs ( 5:36)
13. Home Free ( 3:30)
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