Morviscous

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London-based instrumental five-piece Morviscous are members of a rare breed - a very rare breed. Without being part of any revival or reformed outfit, and far too young to be nostalgists, they're making nifty, wry proggy jazz rock with the feel of what was termed the Canterbury Scene - bands like Hatfield And The North, Gong, National Health, Egg, Henry Cow - combined effortlessly with contemporary post-rock like Don Caballero, Rothko and Bark Psychosis. Its a magical combination. The Canterbury scene was a sound full of wit and verve - complex, imaginative, heavy on jazz harmonies - the indie music of the seventies. Morviscous, however, could only be contemporary: their energy levels are way higher than most of the aforementioned bands, a spark and liveliness, and a leaning away from those cheesier jazz progressions. Morviscous don't do twee. Neither do they fall into the all too common trap of sounding exactly like someone's post-rock record collection: Godspeed! You Black Emperor need not sue this time. And if we're going to talk math rock - which, with a rainbow of different time signatures in every track, we should - the joy of Morviscous is their complete ease with such things. They make it sound so easy - the tune and the mood comes first, big clear melody-led changes that go somewhere meaningful. Only a muso will think they're showing off. On 'Free Pop' ideas dance and flow, new tunes and playful digressions appear out of nowhere, lead the mood down side str

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