MORPHINE/YES

Descripción

MORPHINE WAS A REMARKABLE BAND. BILLY CONWAYS TUNED DRUM KIT DANA COLLEY PLAYING TWO BARITONE-SAXOPHONES AT A TIME AND MARK SANDMANS TWO-STRING SLIDE BASS AND HIS BARITONE VOCALS. MORPHINE EXIST IN A ROCK ROLL NO-MANS ZONE. THE SONGS ARE ERRATIC AND SLURRED. THEY FEEL PLEASANTLY INTOXICATING LIKE A FEW TOO MANY GIN AND TONICS. YES MANAGES TREMENDOUS DIVERSITY IN TONE AND MOOD. THE LOW-END SOUND HAS BEEN MADE TO WORK IN VARIOUS WAYS FROM THE MACHINE GUN EXCITEMENT OF HONEY WHITE THE LAID BACK RELAXED IRONY OF SCRATCH AND THE STACCATO PULSE OF RADAR. THE IMAGERY AND NARRATION ON SHARKS PATROL THESE WATERS PUSHES THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SONG BEING ALSO AS MUCH A SKILLED POETIC READING OF A COMPELLING METAPHOR.