Sep 10, 2024 1 min read

🎧 Approved: Moreish Idols

Moreish Idols have reimagined their sound with each release. Whereas their debut material showcased a sound influenced by energetic post-punk, their new single ‘Pale Blue Dot’ further transforms their style with intricate acoustic instrumentation and gently layered vocal harmonies

🎧 Approved: Moreish Idols
Photo credit: Caspar Swindells

South London’s Moreish Idols have showcased an evolution in their sound. Whereas their debut material featured a restless, jerky, jagged and rhythmically centered sound, influenced by energetic post-punk, their second EP revealed an entirely different side to the band.

This evolution saw the group weave together a looser constellation of ideas, combining swooning tremolo guitars, prickly melodic riddles, saxophone improvisations and flexible rhythms, sounding like ‘Watery, Domestic’-era Pavement one moment and something Canterbury Scene-esque the next.

With their new single ‘Pale Blue Dot’, the band continues to transform and challenge their songwriting sensibilities. Blending subtly intricate, cyclical acoustic instrumentation that swells and breaks around the band’s gently layered vocal harmonies, the track once again sees the band reworking their sound to create something new, direct and honest.

Speaking on the track, the band says, “‘Pale Blue Dot’ has been through many iterations, from simple drum machine / guitar demo, to evil krautrock demon hellscape. A spontaneous decision led by Dan Carey brought us to his studio at eight in the morning to quickly run the song in a new, shortened arrangement, played on acoustic guitars and simplified down to its bare bones. It was a beautiful morning and we all felt we were hearing the song the way it was meant to be heard: just straight to the point”.

“The track encourages you to kill your darlings, soak in the vastness of everything, and commit to your own obliterating but necessary ego death”, they add. “‘Pale Blue Dot’ has been through this same journey and for that it’s a very special one for us”.

🎧 Watch the video for ‘Pale Blue Dot’ below

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