Play 90 second soundbite of 'Hearts For The Living' @ 'CD quality'
having been heavily influenced by some of the most successful and long-lived bands and artists over the last forty years, The Morning Stars have shaped their music in the same careful manner with a view to creating their very own brand of melodic, soft-rock music with an eye on musical longevity and global acceptance.
'You Can't Change The World' isn't exactly eclectic but it does contain sufficient, genre-blurring elements to make it accessible to many tastes. Erring distinctly on the 'easy-on-the-ear', nu-country side of pop-rock, 'You Can't Change The World' does indeed sound like a massive pooling of influential styles and sounds into one very listenable fluid reservoir of radio friendly sounds that take in commercial sensibility and probably targets the more mature and discerning ear. The Morning Stars own words sum up their work and this album better than I can, and I therefore quote, "Drawing from the forefathers of Rock'n'Roll; Beatles, Stones, Cash, Velvet Underground; to the sons and daughters of the musical revolution; Ramones, Joy Division/New Order, Smiths, Stone Roses, Siouxsie and the Banshees; The Morning Stars have delivered a record lush with guitars, in your face beats, a little jingle jangle, punk attitude and pretty melodies you'll be chanting on your way to the show." Good words and very accurate ones too!
The Morning Stars may not totally appeal to the head-banging rock hoards out there; and that's probably just fine by them as they strive to create their own brand of 'timeless' music. For me, it works extremely well and 'You Can't Change the World' is indeed a work of polished quality which hits its mid-ground target full in the face. It's a beautifully rounded album that's great to just chill to or, turn up the volume, let it rip and be carried along on its flowing waves of musical pleasure, soaking up all its sensitive nuances and subtle rock-ability. With nine really excellent tracks to get off on, 'You Can't Change The World' is massively appealing and a very pleasurable experience. It'll certainly be spending quite a lot of time in my player and in the car.
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