© Michelle Hayward
Trip-hop veterans Morcheeba have put last year’s lockdown to good use by recording a new studio album, their first since 2018’s Blaze Away. Released on 14 May, Blackest Blue features Duke Garwood – known for his work with Mark Lanegan – and Brad Barr (The Slip, The Barr Brothers).
“This was the first time since I was a teenager that I’d spent a year off the road and I enjoyed the tranquillity, although I missed playing my guitar in far-off lands,” explained multi-instrumentalist Ross Godfrey, adding that the Covid-19 outbreak offered the band “time to write songs and really get to hone them.” Vocalist Skye Edwards agrees: “There weren’t so many pressures, so we could really take our time getting the songs right.”