Kevin Morby
Singer/songwriter Kevin Morby broke out of the shadows into a fruitful solo career, penning songs that meld Dylanesque lyrical mystique with rootsy production. Along with contemporaries like Angel Olsen and Kurt Vile, he represents a wave of sharp, indie-bred 2010s songwriters whose audiences have grown exponentially as they've come into their own. Morby's development was particularly quick, his vision taking shape in a string of well-received records that included 2017's pristine City Music, 2019's conceptual journey Oh My God, and 2022's deeply reflective This Is a Photograph, which saw the songwriter exploring themes of aging, family, and turbulent times. The next year, in addition to soundtrack work, Morby released More Photographs (A Continuum), an album reimagining the songs of This Is a Photograph as well as adding new material.
Based in Los Angeles, Morby originally moved from his native Texas to Brooklyn in the mid-2000s, eventually joining the noise-folk group Woods on bass. While living in Brooklyn, he became close friends and roommates with Cassie Ramone of the punk trio Vivian Girls, and the two formed a side project called the Babies, who released albums in 2011 and 2012. Following his move to L.A., Morby recorded a collection of songs with Babies producer Rob Barbato that was intended to be an homage to New York City. The new songs represented a stylistic shift into a more roots-oriented indie sound and also featured Babies drummer Justin Sullivan along with several other guest artists. Released in 2013 by Woodsist Records, the eight-song collection was called Harlem River and became Morby's debut as a solo artist.
In August of that year, Morby relocated from his Brooklyn dwellings to Los Angeles, quickly beginning work on what would become his second solo album, Still Life. The record was released on the Woodsist label in late 2014. His next LP was informed by two developments: he moved to a house with a piano and he played in the Complete Last Waltz, a group formed to pay tribute to the music of the Band. The first changed the way he wrote songs; the second meant he hooked up with fellow bandmate Sam Cohen of Yellowbirds and the two began collaborating. The recording of Morby's first album for his new label, Dead Oceans, took place in Woodstock, New York, and featured appearances from keyboardist Marco Benevento and Quilt's John Andrews on musical saw. Singing Saw was released in April 2016. The following year, a companion piece, City Music, was released. Recorded at the analog-centric Panoramic House studio in rural West Marin, California, and prominently featuring its 19th century pump organ, the album saw Morby channeling Lou Reed and Patti Smith in a collection of introspective vignettes.
It would be two more years before he returned with his fifth effort, Oh My God. The sprawling double album was semi-conceptual, with each song centered around loose religious themes. Adding to the concept of the album, some songs were stripped down to just one or two instruments rather than the relatively saturated instrumentation of Morby's other albums. A return to demoing songs on his cassette four-track resulted in the rough and gritty Americana of his acclaimed sixth full-length, Sundowner. The album arrived in October 2020 and included the song "Campfire" with Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield. The following year saw the release of Night at the Little Los Angeles, a four-track demo rendition of Sundowner.
His seventh album, This Is a Photograph, arrived in May 2022. The set was inspired by Morby reflecting on the aging process after his father experienced an unexpected medical incident. As his father regained his health, Morby traveled to Memphis, where he wrote the bittersweet, emotionally investigative songs that eventually made up the album. In January 2023, his soundtrack to the 2021 film Montana Story was released through Dead Oceans. In May of that same year, More Photographs (A Continuum) offered a revisitation and extension of Morby's most recent album, with reworkings of three tracks from This Is a Photograph and six new songs.
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27 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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More Photographs (A Continuum)
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 26 may. 2023
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This Is A Photograph
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 13 may. 2022
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Harlem River
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Kevin Morby el 26 nov. 2013
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Oh My God
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 26 abr. 2019
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Sundowner
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 16 oct. 2020
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A Night At The Little Los Angeles (Sundowner 4-Track Demos) (4-Track Demo)
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 8 oct. 2021
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Singing Saw
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 15 abr. 2016
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Beautiful Strangers b/w No Place to Fall
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 26 may. 2017
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Music From Montana Story
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 25 ene. 2023
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City Music
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 16 jun. 2017
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Still Life
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Kevin Morby el 13 oct. 2014
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I Hear You Calling
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 13 dic. 2021
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Harlem River Dub (Peaking Lights Remix)
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Kevin Morby el 6 dic. 2018
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Gift Horse b/w I Was On Time
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 4 mar. 2020
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Virginia Beach
Hamilton Leithauser, Kevin Morby
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 12 oct. 2021
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Baltimore (Sky At Night) b/w Baltimore (County Line)
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 25 oct. 2017
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Aquarium Drunkard’s Lagniappe Session 2018
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 8 mar. 2018
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No Halo
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 28 feb. 2019
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My Name
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Suicide Squeeze Records el 5 ago. 2014
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Moonshiner b/w Bridge to Gaia
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 12 ago. 2015
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Dumcane
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Dead Oceans el 4 may. 2021
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