“Automatic Days” was the first official Mountain Of Youth song. And that was purely intentional.
“It’s a reminder that you don’t have to stay where you are and do what you do,” says MOY’s Hunter Morris. “You don’t have to settle for good enough, because someday you’ll be looking back and wondering ‘what if.’”
No longer wallowing in at least one “what if,” Morris is set to release his belated debut LP, Nowhere, NW, on May 15 via Strolling Bones. The 10 tracks were produced by multi-instrumentalist Ben Hackett and recorded at Chase Park Transduction in Athens, Ga. A fly-fishing guide and avid conservationist, Mr. Mountain Of Youth is also the cousin of misfit singer/songwriter T. Hardy Morris. The two share some common ground in their crafty assimilation of post-punk, lo-fi and ’70s rock and folk influences, though Hunter has co-opted a more grunge-inspired edge.
In keeping with the multigenerational theme of Nowhere, NW, “Automatic Days” tells the story of an older couple facing the end of their lives.
“They’re processing the regret over what they might have missed out on,” says Morris. “There’s a theme of reflecting on past choices and considering what can still be experienced by the other characters on the album, who are at various stages of life.”
We’re proud to premiere Hunter Morris/Mountain Of Youth’s “Automatic Days.”
—Hobart Rowland
