Morning Star Music Club - Liminal Zone

Liminal Zone is the sparkly, soul and groove laden fifth album from Morning Star Music Club, a project led by Jesse D. Vernon (This Is the Kit, John Parish, The Moonflowers), with production from long-term collaborator John Parish.

Liminal Zone is a selection of both soulful and soul-searching indie-pop songs led by guitars and the vocal harmonies of Lisa Weisslinger (guitar) and Abby Tsype (bass) alongside Jesse’s own mellow tones, with themes of losing and finding oneself, the breaking and mending of one’s heart, and the fragmentation and reunification of family, community and even society as a whole. There’s a lot of beauty and some wistful moments but plenty of sparkling fun and humour too including a cover of Jessie Mae Hemphill’s ‘Jessie's Love Song’.

Liminal Zone is an album of gently ambitious indie-pop full of heartfelt performances, showcasing Jesse’s expansive talent and deep, lifelong love of music, tapping into wide ranging influences such as the Velvet Underground, Hendrix, Dr. John and Leonard Cohen, with a dip into the cinematic - ‘the sort of stuff you’d find in a Wes Anderson film, arrangements with a huge sense of scale.’