Music & Video
Music & Video
The Weight of the World LP 2020
The debut album from Barcelona-based band Morningblind, composed and arranged by Sandra Bossy-Retti with lyrics by Richard Hayden and Sandra Bossy-Retti. The LP starts out with the changing rhythms and tempos of the art-rock-influenced, eponymous opening track and progresses through spare, lo-fi, synth-soaked songs using looped and live ukuleles and jangling guitars to arrive at the central stand-out track The Caller and then journeys back again wearing its folk influences on its sleeve, until the final, dream-like sumptuousness of the album’s closer – Winter Dance. Throughout Sandra's vocals soar, adding emotional heft to songs that seek to uncover the beauty, glory that lies beneath our sometimes troubled relationships with each other and the world we live in.
Morningblind- The Spring EP 2017
Soaring folk
Intimate, immediate, personal folk songs. stripped down compositions to hit you in the chest
Few artists can create an engrossing effort that is as strong at the end as it was at the beginning; The Spring is a must-listen release for any fan of intricate and deep music.
About Us
morningblind és la col·laboració entre la cantautora catalana Sandra Bossy-Retti i el lletrista anglès Richard Hayden, que desemboca en un estil on conflueixen diverses influències: folk, jazz, pop, rock i música clàssica.
El nostre projecte veu la llum a principis del 2017, amb la publicació del EP, ¨The Spring¨. Hem anat combinant el treball a l’estudi de gravació amb els concerts a casa nostra i a l’estranger, i després de l'estrena amb banda del nostre primer LP, ¨The Weight of the World¨, al març del 2020, just abans del confinament, ens hem dedicat a treballar el nostre material en format de duo, amb nous arranjaments pels temes antics i noves cançons que recopilarem al segon LP.
Comptem ara amb la col.laboració del Gat, multi-instrumentista i fundador del segell discogràfic independent català G33G Records, el qual editarà el nostre primer single, "Thin Woman", l'onzena entrega de la sèrie Tarot del segell, que sortirà en breu en vinil.
morningblind is a collaboration between Catalan singer-songwriter Sandra Bossy Retti and British lyricist Richard Hayden, based in Catalunya. The result is a style that draws from folk, jazz, pop, rock and classical influences.
This project started life with the release of an EP in 2017. We're currently woking on our second LP, combining work in the recording studio with live concerts at home and abroad. Gat is our new collaborator working as a duo with Sandra, He's also the founder of the independent Catalan record label G33G Records which will release our first vinyl single "Thin Woman".
Live Shows
Past Shows
2016
Dec 4 Cal Còbix, El Bruc (guest appearance with Quico 13)
2017
Feb 8 Hot Blues, Igualada (open Mic)
Feb 19 Espai NUT, Barcelona (solo)
June 10 Cal Còbix, El Bruc (duo)
June 18 Castell Mediona, Mediona (duo)
July 13 El Punt/Avui (live TV performance + interview)
July 14 Can Carol, Capellades (solo)
July 22 Casal Medionenc, St Joan de Mediona (duo)
Aug 11 Ullastrell (solo)
Sep 8 Niu Espai Artístic, Barcelona (duo)
Sep 22 Can Carol, Capellades (solo)
Oct 15 La Riciclària, Vic (duo)
Oct 20 La Casa Elizalde, Barcelona (duo)
Nov 4 Centre Cívic Vallvidrera, Barcelona (duo)
Nov 14 La Sonora de Gràcia, Barcelona (duo)
Dec 23 El Col·lecionista, Barcelona (duo)
2018
Jan 4 Koitton Club, Barcelona (duo)
Jan 27 Sinestesia, Barcelona (duo)
Feb 18 Oncle Jack, L'Hospitalet (duo)
April 6 The Music Room, Barcelona (duo)
April 14 Voila!, Manresa (duo)
April 26 La Tratto, St Pere de Ribes (solo)
May 24 Centre Cultural Sant Sadurni (duo)
July 6 Can Carol, Capellades (solo)
July 13 Le Capuccino, Amiens, France (solo)
July 21 Main Stage, Folk on the Lawn Festival, Tintern, UK
July 21 Bar Stage, Folk on the Lawn Festival, Tintern, UK
Aug 17 Can Carol, Capellades (solo)
Sep 21 Niu Espai Artístic, Barcelona (solo)
2019
May 19 La Casa Voladora, Mediona (with Santi Mendez, Biel Harper)
May 26 Cal Còbix, El Bruc (solo)
June 16 Private Concert, Mediona
September 15 Festival Escletxa, Can Serrat, El Bruc (solo)
2020
March 6 La Casa Elizalde - Cicle Veus en Femení - amb banda
2021
March 25 El Kiosk, Igualada - Unplugged (solo)
April 10 Kunlabi, Mediona - Unplugged (solo)
Sep 25 Cal Cens, Carme - Duo (with Gat)
2022
March 6 Esglesia del Castell de Miralles - Duo (with Gat)
April 29 Teatre de Raval, Gandia - Tribute to Pau Riba - Duo (with Gat)
Oct 15 33rd Anniversary G33G Records, L'Automatica, Barcelona
Nov 24 Homenatge Joan Saura, Convent Sant Agustí, Barcelona
2023
July 9 Festival de Jazz, Miralles
Nov 10 34th Anniversary G33G Records, Convent Sant Agustí, Barcelona
