Featherbits - Music

Morsel Is An Experimental Art Rock Quartet Formed In Ann Arbor MI In 1992. Bassist Be Hussey Vocalist And Flute Player Miriam Cabrera Guitarist Shawn Jimmerson And Drummer Brian Boulter Experimented With Dark Textural Rhythms And Dissonant Guitar Lines Augmented With The Flute And Vocals Being Run Through A Leslie Rotating Speaker Giving Their Compositions A Uniquely Otherworldly Sound. Their 1993 Self-Released Cassette The G.I.B.L.E.T. EP Was Followed By The Debut Steve Albini-Produced Noise Floor On The Choke Inc. Label The Following Year. Soon After The Album's Release Jimmerson Left The Band To Transform Himself Into Clark S. Nova Frontman For The Industrial Metal Band Wig And Morsel Recruited Local Guitarist And Producer Geoff Streadwick And Part-Time Drummer Jacques Duskin. Their 1995-1996 Recordings Appeared On The Sublime Morsel E.P. And Proved To Be The Strongest And Most Forceful Period Of Their Career. Several Lineup Changes Plagued The Band For The Rest Of Their Career But The Core Of Hussey And Cabrera And Didgeridoo/electronics Twiddler Fat'hed Were Well Supported On The 1997 CD I'm A Wreck By Guitarist Jason Burbo And Drummer Chad Pratt. That Album Was Subsequently Remixed By Warn DeFever His Name Is Alive And Robert Rich Among Others On 1999's Limited-Edition Wrecked And Remixed. After Recording Para Siempre With Hussey Moving To Drums And Joshua Pardon Taking Over On Bass In 2000 The Band Took A Break To Devote Time To Other Projects And The Album Was Released In The Summer Of The Following Year. read less