A pop record that brings summer that little bit closer.
With a humble yet home grown back catalogue to their name, The Morning Benders have delivered in Big Echo a consistently delightful explosion of pop gems.
With the aid of Chris Taylor’s production talents, you can expect a spattering of Grizzly Bear’s disjointed beat patterns, dynamics and enriching harmonies throughout. Though the merits also rest within the craft of melodic song writing. Coupled with these elements, many tracks are supplemented with an orchestrated backing track with the added texture of meandering soundscape.
Big Echo pays testimony to the greats of 60’s psychedelia, and certainly has the West-Coast feel. Rich looping samples are commonplace but contemporary synthesis is woven in for good measure. I can comfortably and with conviction say without cliché, that Excuses was born out of Sgt. Peppers. It has The Beatles written all over it.
Though despite the narratives being all too familiar, falling in love for the first time, having that first kiss or that first… The listener can feel compelled to have this album gracefully set the tone for those long summery days ahead.
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