Morning Glory

Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat: Morning Glory’s name is not inspired by an Oasis song, nor does it refer to your granny’s favorite flower. It’s actually in reference to the fact that the majority of the band’s creative output happens shortly after sun-up: “I was always writing songs in the morning, which is kind of a reflection of the attitude of the band and the sound,” says founder/front man Ezra Kire (Leftöver Crack/Choking Victim). “I feel like that has something to do with our overall outlook on life and music.”

That philosophy is on full display on the band’s latest full-length, War Psalms, a near-seamless 37 minutes that will alternately assault your senses and lull them; will arouse your consciousness and sometimes even tug your heartstrings. The album includes some of the things you’ve grown to love about the band (strings, horns, piano, chunky metallic riffs) and excludes some of the things Ezra and crew have grown away from (drug references, stridency, the “crack rock steady” ska influence). This is what Ezra calls “revolution rock.”

With Shawn Gardiner filling some very large shoes after guitarist Lucky Strano's departure in 2012, decade long guitarist Adam Schrager on lead, and the Mediterranean island of Cyprus's own contribution to rev-rock: Heavy Metal Chris on the bass, the War Psalms record was rounded out with the addition of the powerhouse drum styles of Brian Viglione, founding member of Dresden Dolls and now touring percussionist for the Violent Femmes. Ezra remarks that he had a dream team to execute the new songs.

Though the band’s first release, This Is No Time Ta Sleep (self-recorded and played entirely by Kire in his bedroom) came in 2001, followed two years later by the EP The Whole World Is Watching, Morning Glory was a largely dormant entity for the ensuing decade while Ezra’s energies were devoted to the relentless tour schedule of his other band, Leftover Crack. Upon his departure from LOC several years ago, he devoted all of his creative juices to resuscitating Morning Glory, assembling a band of experienced veterans and releasing their Fat Wreck Chords debut Poets Were My Heroes in 2012.

RIYL: Rise Against, Swingin' Utters, Bouncing Souls, Lawrence Arms, Against Me!
DIRTY: #3, 4, 5, 6, 11
TRY: #8, 2, 9, 1

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