Post-Psych | Pre-Doom
Neon-Black | Portland
Neon-Black | Portland
BIO
Portland-based rockers, Morrison Graves, navigate the realms of pre-doom and post-psychedelia. Their fuzzy, swirling brand of rock pulls influence from 60's psych/garage, Eastern modes, and dark wave. Neon-black tincture rock. Zoltar approved.
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 began in 2021 as a studio recording project and transformed into a full band in early 2023.
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 began in 2021 as a studio recording project and transformed into a full band in early 2023.
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
UPCOMING SHOWS
TBA
We are focused on releasing new music in 2025- we can send demos of the new material if you want to listen
you can see a list of out past shows here
We are focused on releasing new music in 2025- we can send demos of the new material if you want to listen
you can see a list of out past shows here
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."
