Crystal Spiders: Morieris

Another great band has entered my realm, in the form of Crystal Spiders, coming to you from Raleigh, North Carolina. They formed in 2018 and released a self recorded three song demo in 2019. This caught the ear of our good friends at Ripple Music, leading to their debut album Molt (2020), which, unfortunately I have yet to hear. Their sophomore effort Morieris followed a year later, and folks, it’s a beauty.

The title track kicks off the album and it is a stunner. Chilled out guitar and an ethereal lead vocal morphs into heavy slabs of guitar and a great groove. I hear some Grace Slick in the lead vocals (that should be taken as high praise) and the music is indeed quite trippy. A massive and slowly evolving distorted guitar riff is matched with bluesy, yet sultry lead vocals on the excellent “Septix�. The vocal performance here is an album highlight. The slow fuzzy riffs are massive in the doomy “Harness� where some off kilter drumming and soaring lead vocals amp up the band’s sound. The tempo quickens as the band show some excellent chops. The psychedelic-like guitar breakdown is fantastic. With the up-tempo and slightly disjointed “Offering� the band show their punk rock influences mixed in with a bluesy guitar solo whereas the spacey and ethereal “In Medias Res� provides a heady concoction of moody atmospherics and trippy soundscapes.

Crystal Spiders is an excellent power trio and Morieris is the proof. A riveting listen within the hard rock/psychedelic genres.

Band members:
Brenna Leath (lead vocals, bass, keyboards)
Tradd Yancey (drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals)
Mike Dean (guitar, keyboards)

Track Listing:
1. Morieris (6:19)
2. Septix (5:36)
3. Harness (5:47)
4. Offering (5:35)
5. Pandora (2:12)
6. In Medias Res (8:20)
7. Maelstrom (6:25)
8. Golden Paw (5:14)

Added: October 3rd 2022
Reviewer: Jon Neudorf
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Related Link: Band @ Bandcamp
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Language: english

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