Every now and again a new song or band emerges that truly makes you stop in your tracks. Queensland trio Moreton have now had that effect on me, twice! Both with debut single "The Water" and once more this week with "Johana".
Portentous guitars open the soundscape, embellished by rumbling cymbals. Soon enters front-woman Georgia Potter, commanding full attention with her dynamic voice and sobering lyrics. The marriage of these elements produces something gripping and remarkable. In "Johana", Moreton channel the striking drama of The Drones, while the eerie vocals hark back to early PJ Harvey, or Low.
More poetry than lyrics, the story of Johana is one of a lost soul, a lost girl, of mental illness and suicide. “What did you find out there?” Potter questions. “Were you looking for your demons in the shadows, Oh Johana, weren’t you scared?
“Didn’t anybody tell you? A lost soul ain’t broke.”
Speaking about the song, Potter says, “I hope Johana serves as a reminder to look out for one another. The downtrodden, the lonely, the dispossessed – they need not feel cast aside. We underestimate the potency of showing a little compassion, a little care towards each other.”
Moreton will be releasing their debut EP Specimen on October 7 via Create/Control.
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