PSYCH | ROCK | PDX
ABOUT US
Morrison Graves is a psychedelic rock band from Portland, Oregon. Their moody, fuzzed-out, sound draws influences from late 60’s fuzz and garage, surf, psychedelia, and indie rock. But they infuse these atavistic leanings with heavy saturated guitars and metalgaze drone reminiscent of The Black Angels and Dead Meadow.
Morrison Graves is: Gary Jimmerson (guitar/keys), Rob Bartleson (bass), Ryan Brown (vox/guitar/keys), Aura Zorba (guitar/keys), and Joey Prude (drums/vox).
The band's debut album “Division Rising” is a 12-track concept album about gentrification, homelessness, displacement, and socio-economic gaps — issues that currently plague Portland and many other cities across the world. Made during the height of the pandemic, Morrison Graves churned out a well-recorded and focused debut. With songs about falling out of love with a city on fire, being lost to the seams of space, and corporate greed, this psych-surf landscape has drawn comparisons to The Doors, The Black Angels, Queens of the Stone Age, and The Screaming Trees.
Division Rising is available on LP, CD, cassette, digital, and streaming.
Morrison Graves is: Gary Jimmerson (guitar/keys), Rob Bartleson (bass), Ryan Brown (vox/guitar/keys), Aura Zorba (guitar/keys), and Joey Prude (drums/vox).
The band's debut album “Division Rising” is a 12-track concept album about gentrification, homelessness, displacement, and socio-economic gaps — issues that currently plague Portland and many other cities across the world. Made during the height of the pandemic, Morrison Graves churned out a well-recorded and focused debut. With songs about falling out of love with a city on fire, being lost to the seams of space, and corporate greed, this psych-surf landscape has drawn comparisons to The Doors, The Black Angels, Queens of the Stone Age, and The Screaming Trees.
Division Rising is available on LP, CD, cassette, digital, and streaming.
MUSIC
VIDEO
Crane Song Official Music Video
Directed by Jon Garcia of Lake Productions
Edited by Matt Alber
Directed by Jon Garcia of Lake Productions
Edited by Matt Alber
Crane Song: Band Only Version
(EPK exclusive)
(EPK exclusive)
UPCOMING SHOWS
January 26, 2024
Mano Oculta, Portland, OR
w/ Supplemental Pills
January 31, 2024
Naked Lounge, Chico, CA
w/ Infinite Kamikaze, Not The Same
February 1, 2024
Kilowatt Bar, San Francisco, CA
w/ Spiral Electric, Silent Pictures, The Green Door
February 2, 2024
Redwood Bar, Los Angeles, CA
w/ Sonic Blossoms
February 3, 2024
Tower Bar, San Diego, CA
w/ Infinity Eyes, Sun Jelly
February 4, 2024
Alex's Bar, Long Beach, CA
w/ The Killing Floors, soundfrom
February 5, 2024
Ivy Room, Albany, CA
w/ Sonus
February 23, 2024
Show Bar, Portland, OR
w/ Ghost Feet, Hybrid Forms
Mano Oculta, Portland, OR
w/ Supplemental Pills
January 31, 2024
Naked Lounge, Chico, CA
w/ Infinite Kamikaze, Not The Same
February 1, 2024
Kilowatt Bar, San Francisco, CA
w/ Spiral Electric, Silent Pictures, The Green Door
February 2, 2024
Redwood Bar, Los Angeles, CA
w/ Sonic Blossoms
February 3, 2024
Tower Bar, San Diego, CA
w/ Infinity Eyes, Sun Jelly
February 4, 2024
Alex's Bar, Long Beach, CA
w/ The Killing Floors, soundfrom
February 5, 2024
Ivy Room, Albany, CA
w/ Sonus
February 23, 2024
Show Bar, Portland, OR
w/ Ghost Feet, Hybrid Forms
PHOTOS
PRESS
CVLT Nation: Crane Song Video Premiere 08/09/23
Morrison Graves merges psychedelic rock with post-punk to create a captivating sonic tapestry that’s part gothic melancholy and part acid-fueled dance party.
It's Psychedelic Baby: Interview 04/17/23
"There seems to be a concept behind it?
You are correct. From its inception, the album was to focus on the rapidly changing dynamics and city-scapes..."
"They create an atmosphere of opulent psych rock and mesmerizing melodies that feel like they’re trying to snap us out of our destructive daze and onto another, more compassionate timeline."
Musipedia of Metal: Album Review
"... it has grown on me more and more to the point that if I re-did my year end list today it probably would have been in my top 25, that’s how good it is... Listen to a track like Invincible and try to tell me it doesn’t make you float around and see all sorts of colours... 9/10"
"If you love Jim Morrison and his vocals with The Doors, then you will enjoy Morrison Graves' debut..."
"...a solid album that pulls in influences from surf, The Doors, psych, indie rock, and much more."
"On their debut Division Rising they perfectly channel early dark post punk like Echo and the Bunnymen, modern psychedelic rock like The Black Angels, and early psychedelica like The Doors."
