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Grieve

by Morag Tong

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pinkytheent
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pinkytheent A real opus! It is just HUGE. Deeply immersive, cinematic, and profoundly emotional; enough to give me chills in some places. Very cool to hear such a drum and bass-forward record: the rhythm section really led the show here, with guitars adding flavor above the emotive base of rhythm. Songwriting is well-honed, blooming and keeping you engaged even over long lengths alongside sincere and powerful lyrics. And perhaps above all, a master class in dynamic range and letting music breathe. Favorite track: No Sun, No Moon.
Bucky
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Bucky Another monumental output of colossal tone that optimizes a merge of atmospheric sludge with a kaleidoscopic groove fit for fans of psychedelia, prog, and epic doom alike. The riffs are massive with an intoxicating vibe and breathtaking aura.
FDJ (Desert Psychlist)
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FDJ (Desert Psychlist) Psych, stoner, sludge, prog this album has it all, there have been some absolute bangers released this year (2023) and this album is one of them.
Full review here .... stonerking1.blogspot.com/2023/10/morag-tong-grieve-review.html Favorite track: At First Light.
Reek Of STOOM
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Reek Of STOOM IMO this is MORAG TONG's finest moment! Breathtaking Doom with epic atmospheres and Sludge overtones
Dean Thom
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Dean Thom A piledriver of an album, laden with groove and riffs. You’ve produced a stunning record Favorite track: A Stem's Embrace.
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1.
Follow the Sun Sun Chase the fading light Follow the Sun Sun Into the swirling night Tomorrow can be kind, an opening door Welcoming and mild, so much worth fighting for Hidden in den, in realms of dream Each dead minute, into time's maw Rising from slumber, a crumbling automaton Turns to the dawn and follows the Sun As the night ends First rays pierce a beautiful sky Evaporating morning mist A gentle blur of pink heralds the Sun With souls aflame the choir starts to sing a desperate refrain “May we feel the kiss of a new day?”
2.
Passages 04:39
Just as the glaciers ground paths to the sea We feel the burden of urge burn tracks through the stone So too we travel And our weary eyes meet the horizon And each new footfall carves a way home Each feather arcs cloud-ways, linking the air And under the skies, a mirror of glass From isle to isle, reflects exodus Coalesce, a sense of being Millenia of movement led to this network of ways lain into Her flesh Mass migration churns genes and memories Across these fields, imprints of gods and ghosts A base freedom, wandering forever
 Preserved in time, existence remembers their grace
3.
I caught a glimpse Trees where there were none A hidden forest Waiting by the boundary Inhabiting liminal space Connected, root to bone Close to the edge My flowers grow And sinews twine like a stem’s embrace Wood faced symbiont Dryad, my guardian I caught a glimpse Trees where there were none A hidden forest Waiting by the boundary Roots reach flesh over the multiplex Cambium, caressing skin Leaching soul back to the heart Quick as it came the leaves dissipate In ruins of mirage, a single seed clings to life -Grieve
- Terrified we too will fade
 But to undo our art and forsake our days? With our last poison breath as green withers we say
 We didn’t want to survive anyway 
Nothing is left to grieve Nothing
4.
No Sun No Moon Just stars And a haunting cry Peals from afar Who will miss us when we’re gone? A half heard conversation A lonely curlew calls Somewhere in sea mist Echoed by lonely hearts Night sky Shimmering pools of sea Torn by tides On a wave-inked page Alone in time and grey Two bodies, still and embraced Still skies merge with sand And sand with the sky Silent tension of water and aeons Who will miss us when we’re gone? Lines subtle on the page March toward white margins Across the beige expanse Who will miss us when we’re gone?

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released October 6, 2023

Adam Asquith - Vocals / Drums
Alex Clarke - Guitar
Lewis Crane - Guitar
James Atha - Bass


Recorded and mixed by Mike Bew at Foel Studio
Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege
Artwork by Kuba Sokólski

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