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Kill The Silence is album number three for the band, who released their self-titled debut in 2019 www.morganway.co.uk
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Artist: Morganway

Album: Kill The Silence (Earache Records)

Blending vintage Americana with elements of British folk and alternative rock, Morganway are a British six-piece who borrow from an impressively wide net of influences. On their third full-length album, Kill The Silence, they’re sounding bigger and better than ever, thanks to more six-string input from singer SJ Mortimer, whose rhythmic strums provide the perfect bedrock to her husband Kieran Morgan’s inspired fretwork. This new dynamic between the pair is most evident on new tracks such as Feels Like Letting Go and I Feel The Rain, which could very well be anthems in the making.

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