Morcheeba are this weeks Friday Flash(back).
The English electronic band formed in the mid-1990s with founding members vocalist Skye Edwards and the brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey.
They mix influences from trip hop, rock, folk rock and downtempo, and have produced ten regular studio albums since 1995, two of which reached the UK top ten.
Edwards left the band in 2003, after which the brothers used a number of singers before she rejoined in 2009. They recruit additional members for their live performances and have toured internationally. In 2014 original founder Paul Godfrey was bored with being in the band. Edwards and Ross Godfrey later formed Skye & Ross and released a self-titled album in September 2016.
Their tenth studio album as Morcheeba, Blackest Blue, was released in May 2021 and was preceded by singles Sounds of Blue, Oh Oh Yeah & The Moon.
It features collaborations with Brad Barr from The Barr Brothers, and Duke Garwood, whom Edwards described as "a diamond geezer".
Skye Edwards revealed in a June 2023 interview that the band had begun working on their eleventh album with ten tracks in the demo phase.
In January, the band released the single Call for Love, which is the lead single from their forthcoming studio album, Escape the Chaos, announced to be released on 23 May.
A second single, We Live and Die was released on 28 February.
Peace of Me, a collaboration with Oscar #Worldpeace, was released on 8 April.
In May, the band released their eleventh studio album, Escape the Chaos. This will be streaming from tomorrow. So come back for season two of Friday Flash(back).
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