Morcheeba

Morcheeba are back in Australia for a national tour. Skye Edwards and Ross Godfrey are visiting Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Alongside their tour dates, Morcheeba are also playing the World of Arts, Music and Dance (WOMAD) festival in Adelaide and New Plymouth, New Zealand. Tonight at the Enmore Theatre, fr

O2 Empire Shepherds Bush, London, UK

While Head Up High saw a few departures from the group’s signature style, to mixed reviews, certain tracks remain well within the group’s usual ambit.

Most folk would remember them from their hit single 'Rome Wasn't Built in a Day' which albeit a sweet tune does not holistically represent their fusion sound.

Where genre-shapers Massive Attack and Portishead dealt in icy spacious minimalism Morcheeba went big and colourful stuffing their tracks with as many wah-wah guitar solos and trumpets as they could manage.

The band open with The Sea which is every bit as beautiful as the first time you would have heard it on Big Calm (1998).

The same can be applied to the UK trip-hop/rock/soul band which has been steadily building an audience and wowing critics since their 1996 debut album Who Can You Trust?.