Mor Tomorrow’s Relics- Progressive Voyages Review PV099
The intriguing cover for the Mor album
Mor – Tomorrow's Relics – Progressive Voyages Review PV099
I came across this album via circuitous route, I can’t actually remember fully, except that I listened to a little and decided to contact Peter Rand with a view to reviewing this particular album, I am very glad of that as this album has a lot to commend it,
Mor are a four piece band who have to date released 2 albums, The Wisdom Of Simple Things (2024) and this one Tomorrow’s Relics in December of 2025, They have been in existence since 2023 and they are influenced by the likes of Neil Finn, XTC and David Cousins of The Strawbs, Their music is a thing of beauty with very strong lyrical themes, They say of this album, “We occupy both space and time, and assuming the physical cosmos is infinite, perhaps time is as well, It never started and will never end.”
“Our relationship with Time is both tenuous and transient”
They also referred to the Hindu concept of the wheel of time how time is both eternal and cyclical and not linear.
These concepts inform much of the lyrical slant of the album.
The album has 7 tracks and has a total duration of 44 minutes, I feel it will apeal to those who like intelligent concepts and lyrics,most possibly to Big Big Trains fans as they explore a similar territory in their lyrics.
The album kicks off with Timeslip, This explores those time concepts in a very lyrical way with the use of lots of keyboards, a strong rhythm section. Some graceful guitar lines all play their part in making this a strong opening salvo for Mor, This is followed by The Nine which tells the tale of the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne and highlights the talents each daughter possessed, again the lyrics are the focal point although they are backed with some great music and a lyrical guitar line from Alex Fadista,
Thirty Six Barrels tell the story of the events surrounding the gunpowder plot in 1605 in which Jesuits attempted Regicide against King James V1 of Scotland. Led by a group of English Catholics with Robert Catesby. It’s a slower paced song that really makes an impact as you hear its excellent construction and music.
This is followed by Quiet Time. This is a largely acoustic guitar driven song, The guitar playing is wonderful though I must say, the song is about change in life, the reluctance to face it and so allow other folk to carry on as they have always done, keeping the peace not causing upset despite other folks hold8ng contrary views and opinions Merely tolerating rather than addressing poor behaviour, a very gentle song enlivened by a graceful guitar break from Alex.
The albums title track Tomorrow’s Relics is next opening with a fine saxophone solo from Sven Martin-Kiel, and a good bass part from Ramlee Oak, the opening verse of the song concerns itself with time and history once more, this is followed by a fine brief solo from Alex, The song also references the Gobekli Tepe excavations in Turkey where they have unearthed a temple built 11000 years ago that was unexplainedly subsequently buried a discovery that offers a different narrative on rolee of çHunter Gathers. And also with possible hints of Alien contact.
It’s a very interesting track and again the guitar from Alex is very good indeed.
This is followed by Risk Averse, Which concerns itself with being prepared to at least have a go and try to achieve a goal like landing on the moon etc, Risks have to be taken in order to progress, the words here are very eloquent and strong, again they are backed by great music more fluid guitar from Alex a strong Rhythm Section with good keyboards lurking in the mix, It is another excellent song.
The albums final song is Ravenstongue which is inspired by Peter Rand reading the book of the same name by D.G,Hunt based on the fictious land Ravenstongue (based on Spurn Head in East Yorkshire(, the book mixes mythical tales and real events including The Battle Os Stamford Bridge and the sacking of Lindisfarne and is about how the media spreads msinformation so rapidly and without any validation being applied, Definitely a song for these times in which we live today.
The whole album is a very thoughtful one, Although I do recommend that you read the lyrics which can be seen on Bandcamp, It really helps you both understand and appreciate the words and music for the album,
This is a very relevant album One I urge to you to seek out and listen for yourself and make you own decision about.
Info here: Tomorrow’s Relics | Môr https://share.google/Byb0gtQ3BE3MEGRoI
Author John Wenlock-Smith 12th January 2026