Morning Phase
With its lushness and atmospheric beauty, *Morning Phase* is Beck’s most accomplished (and straightforward) musical endeavor since *Sea Change*. Guitarist Smokey Hormel, bassist/multi-instrumentalist Justin Meldal-Johnsen, and ex-Jellyfish keyboardist Roger Joseph Manning Jr. give *Morning Phase* its finely detailed instrumental warmth.
On Morning Phase, Beck returns to the style and form of his 2002 singer-songwriter record Sea Change*.* Instead of a much-needed daring comeback statement, it feels more like a pointed exhale.
The idea that Morning Phase is a “companion piece of sorts”—to quote directly from a press release—to Beck’s 2002 album, Sea Change, is a nice way of saying he’s decided to re-explore the same musical terrain more than a decade later. For those enamored of Beck at his saddest, it’s a welcome return: Sea Change and now …
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Album review: Beck, 'Morning Phase'. An album of delicate triumphs, Beck's latest LP is a cousin to his 2002 record of great acclaim, 'Sea Change'...
<p>Beck's return to the personnel and feel of 2002's Sea Change makes for a deeply contemplative listen, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong></p>
Morning Phase represents not only a return to form, but also serves as one of Beck’s most graceful efforts.
Beck's first proper album since 2008 is a tale of heartbreak and hope that features some of his best music to date, writes <strong>Tim Jonze</strong>
Beck's new album is a deliciously dreamy return to his acoustic singer-songwriter style, a collection of sun-dazed songs so direct they almost make you squint