Mice on Stilts - Hope for a Mourning (2016)

Posted By: gribovar
Date: Nov. 26, 2017

Mice on Stilts - Hope for a Mourning (2016)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 349 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 136 MB | Front cover
Genre: Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Aeroplane Music Records

From gorgeous New Zealand, we have a 2016 album from Mice on Stilts, a progressive crossover artist that caught the community's attention with 2013's rather engaging debut 'An Ocean Held Me' and kept us wondering if another gem would be in the cards. Two years later, this sophomore release continues from where they had left off, a mercurial and original take on the crossover style that does not mean that it's the 'poppiest' of genres within the prog spectrum but rather wishes to incorporate a certain sense of accessibility. Ben Morley's has quite a singular flair when it comes to forging his own musical persona, a heady combination of various influences that defy the norm. Firstly, he possesses a voice that is just made for melancholic and heartfelt music, with a definitive yearning for emotional release and lyrical expression. At times, it was reminded of a modern-day Jim Morrison in terms of delivery though not necessarily tone. The musicians he chooses are closer to jazz and chamber, with lots of woodwinds, cellos and violas, way closer to Penguin Caf' Orchestra than your archetypal neo-prog line-up. The heavy use of piano and choir is another lucid clue into the Morley musical psyche, a deliciously intense universe of artistic seduction that deserves to be further noticed by the prog community.
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Tracklist:
01. Khandallah
02. Orca
03. The Hours
04. And We Saw His Needs Through the Casket
05. Yhwh
06. Hope for a Mourning
07. Funeral
08. Monarch

Total time: 56:24


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