After four years of silence, instrumental metal standard bearers Pelican have come thundering back, with Forever Becoming, an eight-song album destined to be considered one of the most punishingly rewarding albums of the year. 

Before their hiatus, the group had laid a sizeable chunk of the groundwork for the instrumental metal scene that’s come into its own in the 13 years since they started playing together. After 2009 the band found itself slightly adrift, and found the day to day struggle of being full-time underground musicians colliding with new families and non-musical careers. Wisely, they didn’t make any rash decisions, and as suits a band known for making dense, meditative sounds they simply patiently figured out how to move past their obstacles.

This reborn Pelican is purer, more focused, and far more assured. Recorded at Electrical Audio in Chicago with engineer Chris Common, and featuring The Swan King guitarist Dallas Thomas (replacing the amicably departed Laurent Schroeder-Lebec) Forever Becoming is an immense, speaker-rattling meditation on the infinite cycle of death and life. It takes a lot of experience and a lot of confidence to attempt a head-on ascent of the biggest, most monolithic theme in art, but Forever Becoming is proof that Pelican has plenty of both, and knows how to wield them.


Hamish - Guitar
Gman - Bass
Callum - Drums

"Morrie Beth launched into their jazz infused psychedelic rock set. These boys definitely know their Herbie Hancock's from their Charles Mingus' (I hope that made me sound jazz-knowledgeable) Their (mostly) instrumental song, Space Jam, was spectacular." - Pilar

Morrie Beth started with the odd house party while the band began to take structure and find some direction. Morrie Beth started rehearsing in its current form in a sweaty, musty hotbox in Yokine during the 2013/2014 summers.

After the departures of members out of Perth, drummer Tyler and singer/guitarist Lachie were joined by friends Brad and Shaun on keys and bass respectively. The new additions were a catalyst for Morrie Beth to move away from heavier rock influences towards a more groove-focused sound.

A rhythm section, which shows Jazz and RnB influences, mixes with garage funk guitars. With lyrical observations of Western Australia, Morrie Beth is a unique band within the strong local music community of Perth.



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