{"id":15052,"date":"2015-07-27T01:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T05:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=15052"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:51:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:51:02","slug":"content-needed-album-review-truls-morck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=15052","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Truls Morck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/artwork-cdn.7static.com\/static\/img\/sleeveart\/00\/043\/252\/0004325282_350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" \/>Truls Morck &#8211; Truls Morck<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Release Date: 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The self-titled debut album from former Graveyard guitarist\/current Graveyard bassist (did you get that?) Truls Morck is an album that really caught me off guard. I think it\u2019s pretty common to assume that when a member of a band branches off to make an album of his\/her own that it will probably sound very similar to that of their respective band. Truls Morck opted for the element of surprise releasing an album that pulls from influences such as Pink Floyd, Mazzy Star, and 90\u2019s era alternative fuzz rock. These elements combined with Morck\u2019s Bob Dylan-esque, vocal stylings create one of the most unique and fascinating albums I\u2019ve heard this year.<\/p>\n<p>Before I got started I just had a feeling that this was going to be an album that really needed my full attention so I grabbed the headphones, settled into my chair, and hit play. The opening track \u201cTake Down the Sun\u201d is a fuzz rock jam that really gets the blood pumping and sets the pace for the start of this sonic ride while the next track, \u201cCity Lights\u201d, slows things down to a coast. \u201cStillness\u201d had me closing my eyes and really falling into the song while the Mazzy Star tinged \u201cHundred Hours\u201d just made me feel as if I was melting. Just when I thought it couldn\u2019t get any more awesome, the closing track \u201cCave\u201d totally reminded me of a psychedelic era Grateful Dead jam that closed out this sonic journey.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4SzE4NwV7Cs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s nothing better than an album that makes you feel like you are being taken on journey of sorts. Truls Morck managed to take so many influences and combine them into one cohesive collection of songs. This is the kind of album that I would call the perfect 1am album. It\u2019s the kind of album that you can put on after all the people have left the party and you just need to wind down from all the over stimulation. Truls Morck\u2019s debut solo release is a sonic psychedelic fuzz rock masterpiece. It\u2019s chockfull of poetic lyrics that paint vivid images in the mind while the music lays a psychedelic soundscape that actually takes you somewhere. This is an album that has quickly become a \u201cgo to\u201d for me when I just need to slow down, take a breath, and escape the frantic pace of life in general.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Truls Morck &#8211; Truls Morck Release Date: 2015 The self-titled debut album from former Graveyard guitarist\/current Graveyard bassist (did you get that?) Truls Morck is an album that really caught me off guard. I think it\u2019s pretty common to assume that when a member of a band branches off to make an album of his\/her own that it will probably sound very similar to that of their respective band. Truls Morck opted for the element of surprise releasing an album [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":15006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,277],"tags":[573,1398],"class_list":["post-15052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-music-news","tag-graveyard","tag-truls-morck"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19717,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15052\/revisions\/19717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}