A Display of Strength and Resilience, MORGXN Reveals Dynamic Album MERIDIAN: vol 1
2020 is a triggering year for many, the word may make some flinch. The year that shall not be named came with significantly more hardships for some over others. Falling into the trap of the year of bad luck, MORGXN fell victim to one especially tumultuous day last March. Rising from the ashes, stronger than ever, MORGXN has announced his redeeming album MERIDIAN: vol 1.
It’s hard to believe that in the span of 24 hours, the world went into lockdown and MORGXN was dropped from his record label of five years, leaving him defeated. “Music is the only way I know how to reach people, and the label was the only way I’d know how to make that happen,” said MORGXN. “I was terrified.”
Making the same day more surreal, Billie Eilish posted on her Instagram story to her almost 50 million followers, a list of five songs that inspired her Grammy Award-winning smash hit “Bad Guy”, including MORGXN’s very own “Home” – the lead single from “Vital” which was a Top 10 Alternative radio hit. “The world was entering a complete unknown, and at the same time, I was having an extremely low and extremely high day all at once,” MORGXN recalls. “It was this crazy thunderstorm of panic and excitement, and at some point, I decided to just lean into the uncertainty, in the hope that I’d maybe discover something.”
The album’s focus track “Losing Myself” was the first song written for the Meridian project. Produced and co written with NZ trio Thom powers (of the Naked and Famous), Chelsea Jade and Simon Oscroft. The song is an admission that the constant touring and pressure MORGXN felt was beginning to erode his spirit. “Sometimes on tour people look at me like I have answers when I am just a human being fumbling through the dark.”
In a series of remote sessions, MORGXN soon began sculpting MERIDIAN’s kaleidoscopic sound by collaborating with a stellar lineup of songwriters/producers, including Mark Jackson and Ian Scott (Bishop Briggs, Skylar Grey), Dave Bassett (Elle King, Weezer), Jennifer Decilveo (MARINA, Miley Cyrus), Tobias Kuhn(Dreamers, Alice Merton), and Thom Powers of The Naked and Famous. As the album took shape, MORGXN landed on a title that had come to him in a dream, scrapping his original intention of naming the project “Wonder”.
“Meridians are the points on the body that energy flows through, and they’re always communicating with each other—even when that energy gets stuck,” MORGXN explains. “In a way, I feel like all these songs were like energy markers for me like they were helping me to stay connected even as so many of the structures around me were crumbling.”
Not only rising from his hardships but here to conquer and prepare for his takeover, MORGXN’s fiery album MERIDIAN: vol 1 is a display of strength and resilience.
