The Morning After Girls: Shadows Evolve 2005 + Alone 2009

 

The Morning After Girls are an Australian-bred band whose music is part psychedelia, part shoegaze,

and part indie pop, fusing elements of these disparate styles to create striking, grand-scale aural landscapes. The Morning After Girls were formed in 2003 by Sacha Lucashenko and Martin B. Sleeman, a pair of vocalists and guitarists who met at a concert in Melbourne and discovered they shared similar musical tastes.
                       

After recruiting a friend, Anton Jakovljevic, to play drums, they began writing songs. The three decided

that the Sydney music scene was more conducive to their ambitions, so Lucashenko, Sleeman, and Jakovljevic relocated, and the first lineup of the Morning After Girls was completed with the addition of Scott Von Ryper on bass and Aimee Nash on guitar, keyboards, and percussion.
                  

After earning enthusiastic press attention for their early gigs, the group recorded an EP in 2004 for the independent Rubber Records label, while two more for the British Best Before imprint followed in

2005. Material from the EPs was compiled into an album, released in Australia as Shadows Evolve and in the United States as The Morning After Girls. The band toured with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Dandy Warhols, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Black Keys, and The Warlocks, and the Morning After Girls made their American debut in 2006 with a slot at the South by Southwest Music Conference.
                    

In 2008, Lucashenko and Sleeman broke off from the rest of the group and relocated to New York City, but not before beginning work on their next album. Recorded primarily in Melbourne, 2009's Alone

featured the Morning After Girls' new lineup, with Lucashenko and Sleeman joined by E.J. Hagen on bass, Alexander White on keyboards and percussion, and Anthony Johnson on drums and percussion; Alan Moulder produced the session with Lucashenko and Sleeman.  The full-length album Alone followed on 7 July 2009 (digital only through iTunes in North America). Tee Pee Records released a limited edition white vinyl 7" including the songs "The General Public" and "Who Is They". Following this, the band toured the US in the summer of 2009 with The Warlocks.
                     

Alone, was released on CD and LP on Xemu Records (Dead Meadow, Spindrift) on 11 January 2011 in North America and 14 March in the U.K and Europe. The album was released worldwide in 2011 on

Xemu Records. The band returned to Australia in 2017, performing shows in Melbourne throughout the year and into 2018. They supported The Charlatans at Melbourne's 170 Russell in August 2018. On the 23rd of September 2021, both KEXP and KCRW’s US radio morning shows confirmed rumours from a ‘reliable source’ that release details for the new albums (plural) will be confirmed very soon. A link was temporarily made available the same morning on InsiderMagazine.com that simply stated "things are often better in threes".
                   

THE MORNING AFTER GIRLS - SHADOWS EVOLVE 2005

                  

The Morning After Girls – Shadows Evolve
Label: Best Before Records – BBRCDA010
Format: CD, Album, Compilation
Country: UK & Ireland
Released: 2005
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Shoegaze

                       

TRAXS

               

01. Introduction    1:21
02. Shadows Evolve    4:16
03. Run For Our Lives    3:05
04. Hidden Spaces    3:18
05. Always Mine    4:24
06. Lazy Greys    3:48
07. Straight Thru You  (Voice – Miss Lucia Di Mauro)   2:57
08. Fireworks    2:32
09. Interlude    2:37
10. Fall Before Walking  (Vocals – Mark Gardener)   3:48
11. Slowdown    3:58
12. Hi-Skie3:49
13. Chasing Us Under    4:48

LINE - UP

Guitars - Sacha Lucashenko
Guitars - Martin B. Sleeman
Bass – Dr. Karl Bartl (tracks: 1 to 13)
Cello – Manfred Radius (tracks: 1, 4, 9, 10 & 13)
Drums – Andrew Cowey, Michele Stranges, Ricardo Zma
Percussion – Miss Lucia Di Mauro (tracks: 1 to 13)

Flac Size: 292 MB

THE MORNING AFTER GIRLS - ALONE 2009

                   

The Morning After Girls – Alone
Label: Xemu Records – XM-1019
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK & Europe
Released: 2010
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Shoegaze

                 

TRAXS

              

01. A New Silence    0:32
02. The Best Explanation    3:56
03. The General Public    3:36
04. Alone    4:45
05. Death Processions    5:37
06. Part Of Your Nature    5:00
07. You Need To Die    4:26
08. To Be Your Loss    3:20
09. There's A Talking    2:59
10. Still Falling    4:22
11. Who Is They      5:36
12. Tommorow's Time    7:00

Flac Size: 345 MB