Morcheeba 'The Antidote' album

Morcheeba will release a new single Wonders Never Cease on the 2nd of May followed by the album The Antidote on the 9th of May.

THE ANTIDOTE sees MORCHEEBA broaden their horizons beyond the downtempo sound with which they are still associated due to the success of the album Big Calm. Embracing a whole raft of different influences – from more recent contemporary artists as diverse as Aphex Twin and Bonnie Prince Billy, cult leftfield guitar heroes like Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine, and further back to the likes of Fairport Convention, David Axelrod and Jimi Hendrix – it’s a more upbeat record that raises the tempo to match the rough, edgy vocals that Daisy brings to the mix. The results are undeniably stamped with Morcheeba’s trademark mix of soul, funk and hip-hop, but further coloured now by a brazen acknowledgement of the band’s personal listening tastes.
Their liberated approach to recording developed from the fact that this is the first album made without funding from a record label. The Godfrey Brothers found themselves able, at long last, to make exactly the record that they wanted, and were subsequently free to be far more adventurous than ever before. Working with Daisy, as well as experimental electronic musician Rob Mullinder (whose vocals also grace tracks on the album) proved to be an invigorating and inspiring experience, and – despite the fact that the brothers had talked of calling it a day following the intensive touring in support of their Greatest Hits album – they found themselves working with more intensity than at any stage since the beginning of their career.

THE ANTIDOTE marks a step away from the band’s previous studio work in that it is almost entirely recorded live. Largely the consequence of initial experimentation with drumkits as opposed to drum programmes, the results were so exciting that they chose to pursue this path vigorously throughout. Tinged with psychedelia, partially due to the Grace Slick comparisons that Daisy’s voice inspires, and unafraid to cut loose and rock from time to time, it’s the sound of a band challenging and reinventing themselves without losing touch with the history and sound that they innovated. There’s evidence throughout of a more direct lyrical approach delivered with guts, heart and confidence by Daisy Martey plus – naturally – those unforgettable hooklines that have helped them sell over five million albums. It’s an album packed with dramatic arrangements like ‘Everybody Loves A Loser’’s grand coda, striking instrumentation like ‘The Antidote’’s stunning brass fanfares or ‘Living Hell’’s vibrant percussive workout. It is, they say, the record they always wanted to make.
THE ANTIDOTE is further proof that MORCHEEBA have the remedy.

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Morcheeba - The Antidote