Phase Zero (LP)

After releasing a 6-song cassette in 2013 followed by a full length for the Trouble In Mind label, the California native now fine-tunes his sound outwardly rather than honing in on a specific trajectory, allowing all of his influences to coexist together in a unique yet undoubtedly Californian vision. The resulting 10-song collection that is 'Phase Zero' is performed entirely by Morgan Delt.

'Phase Zero' was recorded in his Topanga Canyon Studio, and mastered by JJ Golden, and is a home-fi construction. It somewhat reflects a realist take on the flower power fantasy of 1967. Doused in echo and haze, slow chords lap in like Pacific waves, flanked by gentle whispers of multi-tracked, cooing vox, phased guitars and fuzz that calmly surrounds the listener's head less than it jabs at the cortex.

It takes a creative mind to make psychedelic rock music - tablas, drones, hallucinatory vocal effects, and all - without slipping into cliché, but Morgan Delt can transport what would normally be a dark-n-druggy blanket into a much more optimistic and friendly listening experience.