You can't judge a book on its cover,
but can you judge a band on its name?...
If it would be the case, as “Mörse”
would be the french word for “Wälrus”, you may close your eyes
and mentally consider the heavy, ugly but majestic dark lord of the
arctic beaches. Imagine its noble swimming among the cold waves, hear
its unbearable growling under the frozen moon, smell the fumet of its
thick skin shattered by the polar winds... Open your eyes, press "play"
and wait for some steroids and lipids-driven sludge played by a bunch
of big boys from Louisiana.
That won't happen.
Mörse comes from the north of France,
and they play a quite addictive mixture of hardcore (75%), stoner
(10%), punk (10%), with a twist of melody (that would left us with
5%, wouldn't it?). A more nervous than majestic, more energy- than
overweight-driven, more singing than growling, and definitely more
terrestrial than maritime animal. Which would justify the wolf on the
cover, but don't worry, I won't go further into the metaphor to spare
you an other lousy zoological evocation.
What makes this band noticeable is not
their revolutionary approach of the genre(s), but rather their
capacity to intricate and dose the above-cited variations to offer
the listener a well-balanced cocktail of power and groove.
You got the unstoppable riffs, you got
the frantic drums, you got the yelling singer and the sing-along back
vocals, so what would you ask for more? A bit of exoticism? They sing
in french, which would be enough for you (if you are not french, of
course). Some crafted lyrics? Lucky you, as it seems that they didn't
fall in the usual “I wrote the lyrics on a sheet of toilet paper 10
minutes before recording the vocals”. Cute semi-nude boys dressed
as priest throwing free chocolate bars during the gigs?... well...
you can't have anything, can you?
A song that didn't make it to the EP (quite a pity, because it is really cool).
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