If You Don’t Know, Get to Know - MORN

If You Don’t Know, Get to Know! is our weekly dive into the best rising acts you’ll want to discover before everyone else does. This week, it’s Welsh newcomers MORN.

Emerging from South Wales, MORN moved to the capital last year and wasted no time. Made up of two sets of siblings, they’ve already sold out headline shows across the city and built a following off the back of a sound they describe as “doom over beautiful chords.”

MORN, Credit: Freya Evan

Earlier this month, MORN played their biggest show yet, opening for Bastille at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff. Playing an arena this early into a bands career is a serious statement and from everything we’ve seen so far it won’t be a one off.  

The band released their first single ‘Modern Man’ back in May via Speedy Wunderground, a label whose track record with emerging talent speaks for itself. It lands as a tense, melodic introduction that tackles the pressures of modern masculinity.  

What stands out most about MORN is the confidence. Despite forming relatively recently there is no sense of a band figuring out who they are. Their sound already feels lived in, their choices feel deliberate and it gives them a presence far beyond their short timeline. 

MORN are Oliver Riba (vocals, guitar), Robert Riba (vocals, guitar), Mae Ryder (vocals, bass), and Noah Ryder (drums).

Watch the music video for Modern Man