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Artist
Morella's Forest
12+ albums
shoegazenoise popindierockdream pop
about
Morella's Forest began in 1992 when Shawn Johnson returned home to Dayton, OH after leaving both Seattle, WA and his signed yet album-less band Righteous Anger. Once back in Dayton, Johnson set out to start a new band and gathered together people with a similar musical vision. The band was originally comprised of Sydney Rentz (vocals, lyrics) and Shawn (guitars/keyboards), along with brothers Sean (bass) and Nate McCorkle (drums). While the boys made the sounds, Sydney was a killer vocalist who delivered hushed playful melodies, and got gutsy on the chorus. Morella's Forest was never satisfied with where they had been, but rather looked to continually develop their songwriting. Johnson says, "Morella's Forest has always been from the beginning about never doing the same album twice, and always changing and bringing a new element into the band every record." "We're a mix of beautiful female noise pop and male testosterone rock 'n roll," laughs MF's guitarist Shawn. Sydney, the vocalist and female aspect of the previous equation, put it more simply by calling their sound "edgy pop." The emphasis was on writing solid songs characterized by simple, sweet melodies that are rounded out by equal parts noisy guitar lines, candy pop, and new wave quirkiness. In truth, no categorization could adequately describe the MoFo's unique blend of noisy hooks and pop melodies. Alternative Press said, "Imagine them as Velocity Girl, had that band been into a-Ha instead of Echo and the Bunnymen
